Delhi HC refuses to order special assembly session for tabling CAG reports

“Laying of reports of the CAG is a mandatory constitutional imperative. There has been an inordinate delay on the part of the government to forward the reports. This court is, however, not inclined to accept the petition for summoning a special session for laying the reports,” justice Sachin Datta said, pronouncing the verdict.

To be sure, a separate petition seeking publication of the CAG reports before the Delhi elections is pending before a bench of chief justice DK Upadhyay and justice Tushar Rao Gedela.

The audit reports in question which cover several key issues – Delhi’s liquor policy, vehicular pollution, public health and the performance of government departments from 2017-18 to 2021-22, have been a recurrent flashpoint between the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the opposition BJP ahead of the state elections.