(A.K. Sikri and R.K. Agrawal, JJ.)
Govt. of NCT of Delhi ______________________________ Appellant
v.
Union of India ___________________________________ Respondent
Civil Appeal No(s). 2357/2017, decided on February 15, 2017
With
C.A. No. 2358/2017, C.A. No. 2359/2017, C.A. No. 2360/2017, C.A. No. 2361/2017, C.A. No. 2362/2017, C.A. No. 2363/2017, Conmt. Pet.(C) No. 175/2016 In W.P. (Crl.) No. 539/1986, C.A. No. 2364/2017 and Crl.A. No. 277/2017
The Order of the court was delivered by
Order
1. During the hearing of these appeals our attention is drawn to the provisions of Article 145(3) of the Constitution of India. Having gone through the matters and the aforesaid provisions, we are of the opinion that these appeals need to be heard by a Constitution Bench as these matters involve substantial questions of law as to the interpretation of Article 239AA of the Constitution.
2. The Registry shall accordingly place the papers before Hon’ble the Chief Justice for constituting an appropriate Constitution Bench.
3. As the matters are urgent, counsel for both sides request that the Constitution Bench be constituted at an early date. Learned counsel for appellants submit that the appellants have moved applications for interim directions as well and that is another reason for urgent hearing of the matters. The parties may make a request to Hon’ble the Chief Justice in this behalf.
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