NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court docket on Monday agreed to look at a plea filed by Shiv Sena-UBT chief Sunil Prabhu difficult the ruling of Maharashtra Meeting Speaker Rahul Narwekar which had held that Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led faction is the “actual” Shiv Sena.
A bench, headed by CJI D.Y. Chandrachud and comprising Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, issued discover and referred to as for the response of CM Shinde and 38 different MLAs of his camp within the matter.
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, showing for Uddhav Thackeray-led faction, urged the bench to entertain the particular go away petition filed earlier than the apex court docket saying that the order handed by Speaker Narwekar includes an interpretation of the Could 2023 judgment of the Structure Bench.
As he requested the highest court docket to make the discover returnable inside a interval of two weeks, CJI Chandrachud mentioned {that a} fastened date might be given within the matter.
Former CM Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction petitioned the Supreme Court docket questioning the January 10 determination handed by Narwekar holding that the group led by CM Shinde was the actual “Shiv Sena” because it commanded a majority within the legislature and in addition within the social gathering’s Nationwide Govt.
The petition additionally challenges the dismissal of the disqualification petitions filed towards CM Shinde and different MLAs of his camp.
The Bombay Excessive Court docket on Wednesday had issued discover to the 14 Shiv Sena-UBT MLAs and others in a petition filed by ruling Shiv Sena’s Chief Whip Bharat Gogavale in search of disqualification of Thackeray’s faction legislators.
A division bench of Justices G.S. Kulkarni and F.P. Pooniwalla posted the matter for additional listening to on February 8.
Thackeray’s legislative flock was saved from disqualification with the cross-petitions of either side getting dismissed by Speaker Narwekar within the impugned January 10 verdict.