In what could be a big blow to the Aam Aadmi Party head and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, The Delhi High Court ruled today that the Lieutenant Governor, who represents the Centre, is the "administrative head" of Delhi and Mr Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government has to run all its decisions by him. This comes as a blow Arvind Kejriwal's bid to corner more executive powers into the Delhi CM's office. The Delhi government has said it would appeal against the Delhi HC ruling in the Supreme Court. The Delhi HC dismissed a batch of petitions by the AAP, that challenged the powers of the Lieutenant Governor (LG).

Kejriwal and his party have been railing against the reading of Constitutional provisions that make the LG the administrative head of a Union Territory. "Policy direction can't be issued without communicating to the Lieutenant Governor," said the court. The AAP government was told that it was wrong to set up inquiries into alleged scams involving CNG fitness for buses and Delhi's cricket body DDCA without seeking Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung's approval. The May 21, 2015, notification of Centre barring ACB from proceeding against central government employees is neither illegal nor unsustainable, the HC bench had added.