The Supreme Court on Monday directed Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narvekar to chorus from enterprise any additional proceedings on the plea to disqualify legislators from the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena group until the court docket passes orders on the identical. Hearing the Uddhav faction’s counsel Kapil Sibal within the matter, a division bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices Krishna Murari and Hima Kohli issued the order to the newly-elected Maharashtra Assembly speaker.
Last week, disqualification notices have been issued to 16 MLAs from the Uddhav faction of the Shiv Sena for defying the Chief Whip of the Shinde faction through the belief vote. Uddhav’s son Aaditya was not included within the disqualification record “out of respect for Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb.”
“The court had said that the petitions would be listed on July 11. I urge that there should be no disqualification till the matter is decided here,” Sibal stated, whereas stating that the identical safety was given to the insurgent MLAs once they had approached the highest court docket earlier.
“Mr (Tushar) Mehta (Solicitor General who was appearing for the Governor), you please inform the assembly speaker not to take any hearing. Let us see, we will hear the matter,” the bench stated.
The apex court docket, not itemizing the matter for as we speak, stated {that a} Constitution or a bigger bench will sit on this matter at a future date.
Several vital petitions that may determine the destiny of the newly-formed Eknath Shinde authorities, from each the Shinde and the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena teams are pending earlier than the Supreme Court. The June 30 invitation by Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari to the Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction and BJP to kind the federal government has been challenged by the Thackeray-led Sena earlier than the highest court docket as we speak. The Shinde camp has additionally challenged Thackeray faction’s appointments of Sunil Prabhu because the chief whip and Ajay Chaudhary because the legislature social gathering’s head within the Vidhan Sabha.
The Shinde faction has challenged Deputy Speaker Narhari Zirwal’s resolution to disqualify 16 insurgent legislators for allegedly violating the chief whip from the Thackeray faction. The Shinde camp has argued that since a no-confidence movement was already in place for Zirwal, he was in no place to challenge disqualification notices to the insurgent MLAs.
Meanwhile, the Thackeray camp has knocked on SC’s doorways in opposition to the newly-elected Speaker Rahul Narvekar’s resolution to recognise Shinde, instead of Chaudhary, because the social gathering’s legislature chief and Bharat Gogawale because the chief whip. Uddhav faction’s whip Sunil Prabhu has additionally filed a plea earlier than the SC looking for the suspension of the insurgent legislators till the disqualification proceedings are pending in opposition to them.
(With inputs from PTI)
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