Special provisions with respect to Delhi: what Article 239AA actually lays down

Background

Article 239AA came in with the Constitution (Sixty-ninth Amendment) Act, 1991, and it renamed the Union territory of Delhi. The territory is called the National Capital Territory of Delhi, and its administrator is designated as the Lieutenant Governor. Legislative Assembly members are chosen by direct election from territorial constituencies, while Parliament fixes the number of seats by law. Assembly laws may cover the State List and the Concurrent List as those apply to Union territories, with exceptions: the State List entries numbered 1, 2 and 18, together with Entries 64, 65 and 66 as far as they touch those three. A law made by Parliament prevails where the two clash, unless the Assembly law was reserved for the President and got his assent; even then Parliament may at any time pass a law on the same matter, adding to, amending, varying or repealing the Assembly's law. Council of Ministers strength is capped at ten per cent of the total members of the Assembly, with the Chief Minister at its head. If the Lieutenant Governor and his Ministers differ, the matter goes to the President, and urgent action may be taken meanwhile. These Ministers are collectively responsible to the Legislative assembly.