"You Should Support Us": Chief Justice Jokes With Abhishek Singhvi In AAP Case
NDTV
The Supreme Court today ordered the Arvind Kejriwal-led party to vacate its office at Rouse Avenue
Intense arguments in the case related to Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) alleged encroachment were interspersed with some humour this afternoon when Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud told senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi that he should not have appeared for the political party in this case. "In this matter, you should not appear. You cannot oppose land for Delhi High Court. You should be supporting us," the Chief Justice told Mr Singhvi in a lighter vein.
The court today ordered the Arvind Kejriwal-led party to vacate the plot on Delhi's Rouse Avenue, now called Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg, by June 15. It noted that the land was allotted to the Delhi High Court for expanding its infrastructure.
The three-judge bench of Chief Justice Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra has asked AAP to approach the Land and Development office for an alternate plot for its headquarters. The court said it would request the Land and Development office to respond to AAP's application within four weeks. The department comes under the Centre's Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
