Delhi Law Minister Atishi has declared as “invalid” an order issued by the principal secretary (Law) appointing another lawyer as standing counsel to represent Delhi Government before the Delhi High Court on interim basis instead of standing counsel (civil) Santosh Kumar Tripathi. The
The principal secretary (Law) on the instructions of LG, had also asked Tripathi not to appear on behalf of Delhi government before any court of law till further orders and till the decision is taken in the matter by the competent authority.
Earlier this month, L-G V K Saxena had said that government counsel have made "misleading" statements before the high court related to a report on the opening of liquor vends while implementing the now-rescinded excise policy, officials had said.