In a setback for Uddhav Thackeray, the Supreme Court on Tuesday restrained the Election Commission (EC) from deciding on an utility by the Eknath Shinde-led group to acknowledge it as the actual Shiv Sena and permit using the celebration’s emblem. refused.
A five-judge bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, MR Shah, Krishna Murari, Hema Kohli and PS Narasimha allowed the Election Commission to proceed with the Shinde group’s plea.
The Supreme Court dismissed the petition of the Uddhav Thackeray faction, restraining the Election Commission from deciding on an utility by the Eknath Shinde group to be acknowledged as the actual Shiv Sena and to permit using the celebration’s emblem. @indianexpress
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“We direct that there shall be no stay on the proceedings before the Election Commission of India. Accordingly, the interlocutory application is dismissed,” the courtroom mentioned.
Kapil Sibal, counsel for the Uddhav faction, had argued earlier than the courtroom that Shinde couldn’t method the Election Commission as he had obtained “disqualification”. Referring to his separation at the start of the yr and forming his personal faction, Sibal mentioned Shinde’s motion was “equal to voluntarily giving up the membership of the celebration below paragraph 2 (1) (a) of the Tenth Schedule; According to the identical schedule, he has additionally violated the celebration whip.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
