Mumbai, 27/9: After a day-long hearing, the Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to stop the Election Commission from deciding the claim of Eknath Shinde group to be the “real” Shiv Sena.
A five-judge constitution bench, headed by Justice D Y Chandrachud, said there will be no stay on proceedings before the EC to decide intra-party dispute in Shiv Sena between Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde faction, on which one is the original party and also on getting the party symbol.
The bench — also comprising Justices M R Shah, Krishna Murari, Hima Kohli, and P S Narasimha — declined to entertain a plea by the Thackeray faction that EC should not be allowed to proceed in the matter till the apex court decides the plea pertaining to disqualification of Shiv Sena MLAs
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