The Shiv Sena call and its election image will continue to be with Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde`s camp, and the “mashaal” or flaming torch image with Uddhav Thackeray for now, the Supreme Court stated Wednesday, assuring popularity quo on the problem that has been the bone of rivalry because the cut up of the celebration remaining year. The courtroom docket agreed to listen the petition from Team Thackeray, which has challenged the Election Commission’s order handing the Shiv Sena call and its “bow and arrow” image to the Shinde faction.
Mr Thackeray had sought popularity quo at the Sena houses — workplaces and financial institution money owed — until its more than one petitions pending with the pinnacle courtroom docket is decided. Besides the call and image difficulty, the organization has additionally challenged the numbers withinside the Shinde faction, contending that a piece of its MLAs deserve disqualification.
Senior endorse Kapil Sibal, who become representing the Thackeray organization, advised a bench led via way of means of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud that they need “protection”.
“We do not need our houses and financial institution money owed to be taken over,” Mr Sibal stated, mentioning that the parliamentary workplace of the Shiv Sena become taken over via way of means of the Shinde faction yesterday.
The courtroom docket stated it can not placed a freeze at the Election Commission’s order “at this stage”. The Thackeray camp can use felony demanding situations if any motion is taken that isn’t primarily based totally at the Election Commission’s order.
The courtroom docket additionally were given an warranty from the Shinde faction that they may now no longer difficulty any whip or take over financial institution money owed or celebration workplace of the Sena.
Team Shinde has contended that the ballot image difficulty has already been heard and rejected via way of means of the High Court, which requested the Election Commission to move beforehand and take a selection.
Under the circumstances, why need to the Uddhav Thackeray organization come to the Supreme Court directly, and why need to the courtroom docket intervene, they questioned. In the petition filed on Monday, Team Thackeray contended that the Election Commission has didn’t keep in mind that they experience majority withinside the Legislative Council and Rajya Sabha.
The Commission’s selection is primarily based totally at the purported legislative majority of the Shinde organization, which is “now no longer a secure guide”. Whether the Shinde organization will maintain its numbers “is an difficulty to be decided via way of means of the pinnacle courtroom docket withinside the Constitution Bench,” the Thackeray faction stated. The depend may be heard via way of means of the courtroom docket after weeks.
