{"id":47355,"date":"2017-03-15T10:05:54","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T04:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=47355"},"modified":"2017-03-15T10:05:54","modified_gmt":"2017-03-15T04:35:54","slug":"hc-declines-urgent-hearing-plea-removal-counsel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hc-declines-urgent-hearing-plea-removal-counsel","title":{"rendered":"HC declines urgent hearing of plea for removal of counsel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/delhi-high-court.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"296\" height=\"170\" data-attachment-id=\"47337\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/man-gets-jail-failure-abide-sc-order-alimony\/delhi-high-court-79\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/delhi-high-court.jpg?fit=296%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"296,170\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"delhi high court\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/delhi-high-court.jpg?fit=296%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/delhi-high-court.jpg?fit=296%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-47337\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/delhi-high-court.jpg?resize=296%2C170&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/delhi-high-court.jpg?w=296&amp;ssl=1 296w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/delhi-high-court.jpg?resize=150%2C86&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><\/a>The Delhi High Court today refused to give an urgent hearing on a plea seeking setting aside of appointment of Rahul Mehra as senior standing counsel for the city government.<\/p>\n<p>A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal transferred the petition before another judge, saying this was not the appropriate bench to hear a petition challenging the order of appointment and it should go before the roaster judge.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;List it for March 17. The concerned bench will hear the matter on merit and decided it as per law,&#8221; the bench said.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioner, who is an advocate, urged the court to list the issue before the another bench for today itself.<\/p>\n<p>The bench headed by Chief Justice declined the request, saying it will be heard day after tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>The plea has termed the appointment as &#8220;illegal&#8221; on the ground that the post of senior standing counsel &#8220;doesn&#8217;t exist in the eyes of the law&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The petition, which sought quashing of the notification issued by the Delhi government with regard to the appointment of Mehra and other panel counsel of Delhi government, said it was &#8220;bad in law as the same is in violation of the Constitution of India&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Department Of Law, Justice And Legislative Affairs issued notification&#8230;appointed respondent No.<\/p>\n<p>5 (Rahul Mehra) as senior standing counsel for all matters of the Delhi&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No Advertisement for the post, no terms and conditions for appointment, no criteria, no eligibility was made.<\/p>\n<p>No sanction obtained from the Lt Governor of the National Capital Territory of Delhi&#8230;,&#8221; the petition filed by advocate Chetan Dutt said.<\/p>\n<p>It said that judicial review of the notification was mandatory and required in law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Delhi High Court today refused to give an urgent hearing on a plea seeking setting aside of appointment of Rahul Mehra as senior standing counsel for the city government. 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