In a setback to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Supreme Court on Monday, August 5, upheld the Delhi Lieutenant Governor`s decision to nominate 10 `aldermen` to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD).

The judgment passed by the bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices Narasimha and JB Pardiwala stated, “As it was a statutory power and not an executive power, LG was expected to act as per the statutory mandate and not as per the aid and advice of the council of ministers of the Delhi Government.”