Supreme Court of India on Friday announced to hear Uddhav Thackeray's faction (Shiv Sena's) plea on March 7 which was scheduled to be heard today. The plea challenges the decision of the Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar of declaring Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena as the 'real political party'.
The Shiv Sena separated in June 2022.
Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud led the bench to hear the plea of Thackeray's faction on March 1. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the Thackeray faction, mentioned the plea and said it was not on the list of business. He urged the bench, also comprising Justice J B Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra, that it be listed on March 7.
"We will list it for hearing on March 7 (Thursday)," CJI said.
He mentioned that due to the early adjournment of the bench, various issues scheduled for March 1 could not be included in the list. SC had assured the early listing of the plea on February 5 and 12 following Sibal's request.
The Supreme Court on January 22 issued notices to Chief Minister Shinde and other lawmakers of his group on the Thackeray bloc's plea challenging the speaker's order. The court had then ordered its listing after two weeks.
The Thackeray faction has alleged that Shinde "unconstitutionally usurped power" and is heading an "unconstitutional government" in Maharashtra.
In an order passed on January 10, Speaker Narwekar rejected the Thackeray faction's plea to disqualify 16 MLAs of the ruling camp, including Shinde.
The Thackeray faction has termed the speaker's order "patently unlawful and perverse" and instead of punishing the act of defection, they reward the defectors by holding that they comprise the real political party.
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