The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and 38 MLAs of his group on a petition by the Uddhav Thackeray faction of Shiv Sena challenging the order of the Maharashtra Speaker on the dismissal of disqualification pleas against Shinde faction MLAs.
A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra issued notice and sought a response within two weeks.
At the outset of the hearing, the CJI asked the senior advocate, Kapil Sibal, representing the Thackeray faction, to approach the High Court.
“Should this Court hear or the High Court hear under Article 226?” CJI asked, to which Sibal replied that adjudication would get delayed if the matter was sent to the High Court.The Speaker’s order violates the Supreme Court’s judgment and hence, this court ought to hear the matter, Sibal added.