A bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud orally observed that the constitutional provision is very clear that the nominated members cannot go for election.
The wait for a fruitful 'maiden' meeting of the MCD house may be reaching an end as the fresh date of mayoral polls, February 16, has received approval from the Delhi government.
BJP's mayor candidate Rekha Gupta slammed AAP for playing dirty politics and allegedly approaching BJP councillors to support AAP in mayoral elections.
The high-octane political drama unfolded inside the Delhi Civic Centre on Monday as the House met for a third time this month to elect the mayor, only to be deferred till the next date due to ruckus over the nominated members being permitted to vote.
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday announced that the AAP will move the Supreme Court against the BJP's allleged bid to stall the mayoral polls in the national capital.
Aam Aadmi Party Councillors have written a letter to McD's Presiding Officer demanding the debarment of nominated councillors from voting in the election of the Mayor, Deputy Mayor & Standing Committee, which is to be held tomorrow, February 6.
A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice Dipankar Datta said it will hear the case on February 3 after senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi mentioned the matter for urgent hearing.
The house was adjourned after Presiding officer Satya Sharma said the proceedings cannot be conducted amid sloganeering from both AAP and BJP councillors.
The process of administering the oath began at the Civic Centre here with Presiding officer Satya Sharma of the BJP who took the oath to the aldermen, the members nominated by the Lt Governor before administering the oath to the elected councillors.