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The news agencies are reporting that the Supreme Court on Friday the 6th of May 2022 referred to a five-judge Constitution bench the dispute between the Centre and the Delhi government over control of services in the national capital for an authoritative pronouncement on the issue.

A bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli, however, said all other issues, except the issue of control over services, had been elaborately dealt with’ by the previous Constitution bench in 2018 and they will not be revisited.

Subject to the provisions of the Constitution and Article 239AA (which deals with Delhi’s power) of the Constitution and considering the Constitution bench judgement (of 2018), it appears that all the issues except the one pending consideration before this bench have been elaborately dealt with therefore, we do not deem it necessary to revisit the issues that already stand settled, the CJI said while reading out the operative portion of the verdict.

The limited issue that has been referred to this bench relates to the scope of legislative and executive powers of the Centre and the Delhi government with respect to the terms of services, the verdict said….