Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal has stayed the Arivnd Kejriwal-led government's order that had revoked the licence of Max Hospital's Shalimar Bagh branch.

The government's move had come in the wake of the hospital declaring an alive newborn dead hours after delivery. The boy was found to be alive by his parents while they were on their way to the burial ground.

Following the Kejriwal government's move, the hospital challenged the decision in front of Baijal, who as LG is the appellate authority in the matter. Baijal has had several run-ins with Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party government, and the latter has even dragged the Supreme Court, which has been asked to adjudicate who between the Lieutenant Governor and the Delhi government has final authority over governing the state.

The Max Hospital case pertains to one of the premature twins, wrongly declared dead on November 30 at the hospital in north-west Delhi where he was born, and who died during treatment at a nursing home in Pitampura a week later.

Both the babies were declared stillborn by the hospital and handed over to the family allegedly in a polythene bag. But to their utter horror, they found that the boy was still alive, while they were on way to do their final rites.

Last week, Max Healthcare had moved a "government authority" against the cancellation of licence of its hospital in Shalimar Bagh, even as it appealed to the Delhi government's Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) to "reconsider" its decision.

THE LONG KEJRIWAL VS DELHI LG WAR

The Max Hospital move may renew Kejriwal's long turf war with the Lieutenant Governor, who, the Delhi High Court said last year, is the main administrator in the national capital territory.

Baijal's predecessor Najib Jung was locked in a bitter battle with Kejriwal, with the AAP frequently calling him an "agent of the BJP" tasked with stalling the work of the Delhi government.

Jung became the Lt Governor on July 9, 2013 when the Congress-led UPA was in power. The Narendra Modi government retained him even as it replaced most Governors in the states. Jung resigned a year ago.

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