A Vacation Bench of the Supreme Court has restrained the Congress government in the Union Territory Puducherry from implementing any decision involving financial implications or transfer of officials, its a relief for for Puducherry Lieutenant Governor (LG) Kiran Bedi. The order by a Bench of Justices Indu Malhotra and M.R. Shah was based on an urgent plea by the Union of India and Ms. Bedi’s office for clarity on the issue of control over bureaucrats in the wake of a turf war between the LG and the Chief Minister in the Union Territory. The Bench further issued notice to the elected government and allowed the Cabinet to meet on June 7, but said that decisions with serious financial implication and transfers cannot be implemented till the next date of hearing on June 21.
Relief for Puducherry LG Kiran Bedi, SC restrains Puducherry govt from implementing any decision involving financial implications or transfer of officials
