By PTI
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has agreed to listen to on Wednesday the Uddhav Thackeray faction’s plea difficult the choice of the Election Commission recognising the Eknath Shinde-led faction as the actual Shiv Sena and ordering allocation of the “bow and arrow” ballot image to it.
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, showing for the Thackeray faction, talked about the matter earlier than a bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices Krishna Murari and P S Narasimha on Tuesday.
“If the EC order is not stayed then they will take over the symbol and the bank accounts. Please list it tomorrow before the Constitution bench,” Sibal submitted.
The prime court docket mentioned it must undergo the case recordsdata and posted the matter for listening to at 3:30 pm on Wednesday The Election Commission on Friday had recognised the Eknath Shinde-led faction as the actual Shiv Sena and ordered the allocation of the “bow and arrow” ballot image to it.
In a 78-page order on the protracted battle for management of the organisation, the Commission allowed the Uddhav Thackeray faction to maintain the “flaming torch” ballot image allotted to it until the completion of the meeting by-polls within the state.
The Commission mentioned MLAs backing Shinde acquired almost 76 per cent of votes polled in favour of the 55 profitable Shiv Sena candidates within the 2019 Maharashtra Assembly polls.
The Uddhav Thackeray faction’s MLAs acquired 23.5 per cent of votes polled in favour of the profitable Shiv Sena candidates, the three-member Commission mentioned.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has agreed to listen to on Wednesday the Uddhav Thackeray faction’s plea difficult the choice of the Election Commission recognising the Eknath Shinde-led faction as the actual Shiv Sena and ordering allocation of the “bow and arrow” ballot image to it.
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, showing for the Thackeray faction, talked about the matter earlier than a bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices Krishna Murari and P S Narasimha on Tuesday.
“If the EC order is not stayed then they will take over the symbol and the bank accounts. Please list it tomorrow before the Constitution bench,” Sibal submitted.
The prime court docket mentioned it must undergo the case recordsdata and posted the matter for listening to at 3:30 pm on Wednesday The Election Commission on Friday had recognised the Eknath Shinde-led faction as the actual Shiv Sena and ordered the allocation of the “bow and arrow” ballot image to it.
In a 78-page order on the protracted battle for management of the organisation, the Commission allowed the Uddhav Thackeray faction to maintain the “flaming torch” ballot image allotted to it until the completion of the meeting by-polls within the state.
The Commission mentioned MLAs backing Shinde acquired almost 76 per cent of votes polled in favour of the 55 profitable Shiv Sena candidates within the 2019 Maharashtra Assembly polls.
The Uddhav Thackeray faction’s MLAs acquired 23.5 per cent of votes polled in favour of the profitable Shiv Sena candidates, the three-member Commission mentioned.
