Shiv Sena row: HC reserves order on Uddhav’s enchantment in opposition to resolution freezing get together title, image

By PTI

NEW DELHI:  The Delhi High Court on Thursday reserved its order on an enchantment by former Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray difficult a single choose’s resolution dismissing his plea in opposition to an Election Commission interim order freezing the Shiv Sena title and election image.

Thackeray claimed that the only choose’s November 15 order, by which it had additionally directed the EC to expedite the proceedings, is ‘misguided’ and liable to be put aside.

A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad, after listening to arguments of counsels for each the events, mentioned, “We will pass appropriate orders.”

Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, showing for Thackeray, submitted that the EC didn’t hear him whereas passing the freezing of image order.

“Never in the history of the commission, freezing order has been passed without hearing the party,” he argued.

The single choose bench, in its order, had mentioned that there was “no procedural infraction” within the EC’s order freezing the Shiv Sena’s title and election image following a “split” within the get together.

It had mentioned the fee handed the freezing order in view of urgency in respect of allotment of image on account of announcement of bypolls and the petitioner, who repeatedly took time to furnish mandatory paperwork, now can’t allege violation of ideas of pure justice and criticise the ballot panel.

“There is a split between members of the ‘Shiv Sena’, a recognised political party in the state of Maharashtra. One group or faction is led by Eknathrao Sambhaji Shinde and the other by Uddhav Thackeray. Both claim to be the president of the original Shiv Sena party, and stake claim to its poll symbol of ‘bow and arrow’,” the only choose had famous in its order.

Thackeray, in his enchantment, claimed that there was no dispute on the management of the get together and that Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknathrao Sambhaji Shinde himself admitted that Thackeray is and continues to be the rightfully elected president of the Shiv Sena political get together.

Therefore, it can’t be mentioned that there are two rival factions of the Shiv Sena political get together, he mentioned.

On October 8, the EC had handed an interim order barring the 2 Shiv Sena factions from utilizing the get together’s title and its election image within the Andheri East meeting bypoll.

The fee’s order was handed on a “dispute petition” filed by Shinde. Earlier this yr, Shinde had raised a banner of revolt in opposition to Thackeray, accusing him of coming into into an “unnatural alliance” with the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).

Over 40 of the Shiv Sena’s 55 MLAs had supported Shinde, forcing Thackeray’s resignation as chief minister.

NEW DELHI:  The Delhi High Court on Thursday reserved its order on an enchantment by former Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray difficult a single choose’s resolution dismissing his plea in opposition to an Election Commission interim order freezing the Shiv Sena title and election image.

Thackeray claimed that the only choose’s November 15 order, by which it had additionally directed the EC to expedite the proceedings, is ‘misguided’ and liable to be put aside.

A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad, after listening to arguments of counsels for each the events, mentioned, “We will pass appropriate orders.”

Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, showing for Thackeray, submitted that the EC didn’t hear him whereas passing the freezing of image order.

“Never in the history of the commission, freezing order has been passed without hearing the party,” he argued.

The single choose bench, in its order, had mentioned that there was “no procedural infraction” within the EC’s order freezing the Shiv Sena’s title and election image following a “split” within the get together.

It had mentioned the fee handed the freezing order in view of urgency in respect of allotment of image on account of announcement of bypolls and the petitioner, who repeatedly took time to furnish mandatory paperwork, now can’t allege violation of ideas of pure justice and criticise the ballot panel.

“There is a split between members of the ‘Shiv Sena’, a recognised political party in the state of Maharashtra. One group or faction is led by Eknathrao Sambhaji Shinde and the other by Uddhav Thackeray. Both claim to be the president of the original Shiv Sena party, and stake claim to its poll symbol of ‘bow and arrow’,” the only choose had famous in its order.

Thackeray, in his enchantment, claimed that there was no dispute on the management of the get together and that Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknathrao Sambhaji Shinde himself admitted that Thackeray is and continues to be the rightfully elected president of the Shiv Sena political get together.

Therefore, it can’t be mentioned that there are two rival factions of the Shiv Sena political get together, he mentioned.

On October 8, the EC had handed an interim order barring the 2 Shiv Sena factions from utilizing the get together’s title and its election image within the Andheri East meeting bypoll.

The fee’s order was handed on a “dispute petition” filed by Shinde. Earlier this yr, Shinde had raised a banner of revolt in opposition to Thackeray, accusing him of coming into into an “unnatural alliance” with the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).

Over 40 of the Shiv Sena’s 55 MLAs had supported Shinde, forcing Thackeray’s resignation as chief minister.