Delhi HC stays Centre’s order to divert power from Capital’s share to Haryana

Stating that the national capital should not remain without electricity even for a minute, the Delhi high court on Wednesday put on hold an order of the Union power ministry to divert 728 megawatt (MW) of electricity to Haryana from the national capital’s allocation.

“Imagine the national capital being disconnected with electricity…Not even for one second…Why will we wait for a spectre of disconnects?” justice Yashwant Varma said while staying the order of the ministry till Friday.

Remarking that the matter needed further consideration, the judge issued notices to all respondents and posted the next hearing to April 1.