MLAS DISQUALIFICATION ROW: SC TO HEAR THACKERAY AND SHARAD PAWAR FACTION PLEAS TODAY

The Supreme Court on Monday will hear pleas filed by the Uddhav Thackeray faction of the Shiv Sena and the Sharad Pawar bloc of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).

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These pleas seek a directive from the Maharashtra assembly speaker to promptly resolve disqualification petitions against certain MLAs.

A bench led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud is scheduled to consider two separate pleas submitted by both factions. The Supreme Court is reopening after a week-long Dussehra holiday.

On October 17, the top court granted assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar a final opportunity to provide a realistic timeframe for deciding the cross-petitions filed by the rival factions of the Shiv Sena, who are seeking the disqualification of each other’s MLAs following a party split.