{"id":116023,"date":"2021-07-02T19:51:48","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T14:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=116023"},"modified":"2021-07-02T19:51:48","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T14:21:48","slug":"delhis-lame-duck-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/delhis-lame-duck-assembly\/","title":{"rendered":"Delhi\u2019s lame duck Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/Home\/ShareArticle?OrgId=G3R8NN95A.1&amp;imageview=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hindu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Relevance<\/strong>: The GNCTD Act impact the functions of the Delhi Legislative Assembly and Federalism.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/the-government-of-nct-of-delhi-amendment-bill-2021-explained-pointwise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD)(Amendment) Act, 2021<\/a> is criticised as a retrograde law. The bulk of criticism has been focused on the reduced autonomy of the elected government and the consequent vesting of several crucial powers in the unelected Lieutenant Governor.<\/p>\n<p>However, what deserves equal condemnation is the Act\u2019s assault on the functioning of Delhi\u2019s Legislative Assembly. It also has been sought to be reduced to a lame duck.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>About the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) Act<\/strong>:<\/h5>\n<p>The GNCTD Act was enacted in 1992, the Legislative Assembly was given the power to regulate its own procedure, as well as the conduct of its business. The Act provided a unique constitutional position to Delhi. It is neither a full state nor a centrally governed Union Territory.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Challenges with the recent amendment<\/strong>:<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> No more functional independence<\/strong>: The amendment made the standards of procedure and conduct of the business of Delhi Assembly firmly tethered to that of the Lok Sabha. Thus, <strong>depriving Delhi\u2019s elected MLAs of <\/strong>power to conduct effective business in Assembly.<\/li>\n<li>The Amendment <strong>prohibits the Assembly from making any rule. <\/strong>It enables either itself or its committees to consider any issue concerned with \u201c<strong>the day-to-day administration of the capital<\/strong>\u201d or \u201c<strong>conduct inquiries in relation to administrative decisions<\/strong>\u201d.\n<ul>\n<li>The most insidious impact of this shall be the exercise of free speech in the Assembly and its committees.<\/li>\n<li>It prohibits the elected Assembly by law from discussing matters concerning the day-to-day administration of its own territory.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Impact on committees:\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li>In general, the committees perform away from the glare of cameras, <strong>conduct Inquiries, examine documents and evidence<\/strong>, report relevant issues. The deliberations and inputs of committees often pave the way for intelligent legislative action.<\/li>\n<li>The Amendment made it impossible for committees to perform their functions. As the <strong>Act hamper the power to conduct inquiries in relation to the administrative decisions<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>So, the <strong>critical legislative functions<\/strong> that have rendered the Delhi Assembly a \u2018legislature\u2019 will now remain in name only.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<h5><strong>Read more<\/strong>:<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/the-gnctd-amendment-act-does-not-alter-the-functions-of-delhi-assembly-centre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cThe GNCTD Amendment Act\u201d does not alter the functions of Delhi Assembly \u2013 Centre<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/the-nct-of-delhi-act-2021-enhances-cooperative-federalism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The NCT of Delhi Act, 2021 Enhances Cooperative Federalism<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/gnct-of-delhi-amendment-bill-2021-and-supreme-courts-verdict\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GNCT of Delhi Amendment Bill 2021 and Supreme Court\u2019s Verdict<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The Hindu Relevance: The GNCTD Act impact the functions of the Delhi Legislative Assembly and Federalism. The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD)(Amendment) Act, 2021 is criticised as a retrograde law. The bulk of criticism has been focused on the reduced autonomy of the elected government and the consequent vesting of several&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/delhis-lame-duck-assembly\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Delhi\u2019s lame duck Assembly<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10311,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[8324,212],"class_list":["post-116023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gnctd-act","tag-gs-paper-2","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700800747,"cached_date":1704717850},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116023\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}