The order leaves the most pertinent question hanging in the balance: Is the Union government constitutionally barred from legislative and executive power over “Services” under Article 239AA(3)?
The suit said the Chhattisgarh Government was in receipt of complaints from officials and others alleging that ED is "torturing, abusing, and manhandling" them in the garb of conducting a probe and that the state was forced to approach the court against the blatant and excessive misuse of powers.
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Parliament must be credited for having taken recourse to “corrective dispensation” for eradicating the mischief, which any sovereign country can ill-afford, the apex court said.