SC to hear Thackeray group's plea against Speaker’s ruling on Jan 22
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear, on January 22, the plea filed by Shiv Sena-UBT leader Sunil Prabhu challenging the ruling of Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar, affirming that the Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led faction is the "real" Shiv Sena.
A bench, headed by CJI D.Y. Chandrachud, acceded to the request made by senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the Uddhav Thackeray-led faction, for listing the matter on Monday next week instead of this Friday.
The matter was earlier ordered to be urgently listed on February 19 for a hearing.
On January 15, former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction petitioned the apex court questioning the January 10 decision passed by Narwekar.
Narwekar had maintained that the group led by Chief Minister Shinde was the real "Shiv Sena" as it commanded a majority in the legislature and also in the party’s National Executive.
With agency inputs
