The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a plea by the group owing allegiance to former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to stop the Election Commission from deciding the claim of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's group to be the real Shiv Sena.
After a daylong hearing, a Constitution bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud dismissed the application for a stay filed by the Thackeray group. "We direct that there would be no stay of the proceedings before the Election Commission of India (ECI).
Accordingly, the interlocutory application [of the Thackeray group] is dismissed," said the bench which also comprised Justices MR Shah, Krishna Murari, Hima Kohli and PS Narasimha.
The decision ahead of the party's annual Dussehra rally comes as a jolt for the Thackeray-led group which will now have to put up its case before the ECI to retain its electoral symbol, the bow and arrow, ahead of the upcoming BMC election. The Shinde group says it is the real Sena and has staked its claim to the symbol.
The order led to celebrations in the Shinde camp. Several ministers and legislators met the Chief Minister and congratulated him by offering bouquets. Sena president Thackeray's residence Matoshree wore a deserted look.
This story is from the September 28, 2022 edition of The Free Press Journal.
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