In a setback for Uddhav Thackeray, the Supreme Courtroom Tuesday refused to cease the Election Fee (EC) from deciding on the applying by Eknath Shinde-led group to be recognised as the true Shiv Sena and be allowed to make use of the social gathering image.
A five-judge Bench comprising Justices D Y Chandrachud, M R Shah, Krishna Murari, Hima Kohli, and P S Narasimha has allowed the EC to proceed with the Shinde group’s plea.
Supreme Courtroom rejects Uddhav Thackeray faction plea to cease Election Fee from deciding utility by Eknath Shinde group to be recognised as the true Shiv Sena and be allowed to make use of social gathering image. @IndianExpress
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“We direct that there could be no keep of the proceedings earlier than the Election Fee of India. Accordingly, the Interlocutory Software is dismissed,” the courtroom stated.
Kapil Sibal, the Uddhav faction lawyer, had argued earlier than the courtroom that Shinde can not strategy the EC as he has ‘incurred disqualification.’ Referring to his breaking away and forming his personal faction earlier within the yr, Sibal stated that Shinde’s actions amounted to ‘voluntary giving up of the social gathering membership underneath Paragraph 2(1)(a) of the Tenth Schedule; additionally he has violated the social gathering whip,’ as per the identical Schedule.