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NATION SEPTEMBER 22, 2023 | The Indian Eye 6

One more week? Supreme Court

reprimands Maharashtra Speaker

over Shiv Sena MLAs

Court asks for a time-frame response over Uddhav Thackeray faction of Shiv Sena’s

petitions against chief minister Eknath Shinde and other MLAs

and formed government with the
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help of the BJP.
New Delhi On May 11, the top court had
asked speaker Rahul Narwekar to
n a major development, the Su- rule on the petitions “within a rea-
preme Court on Monday directed
Ithe Maharashtra assembly speak- sonable time”.
Eknath Shinde had led a rebel-
er to give a timeline within a week lion against Shiv Sena (UBT) chief
for the hearing of the disqualification Uddhav Thackeray, who was then
pleas against chief minister Eknath the chief minister of Maha Vikas
Shinde and Shiv Sena MLAs loyal Aghadi, which also included the
to him. It also asked the speaker to Congress and the Nationalist Con-
set down a schedule to dispose of the gress Party. The rebellion led to the
proceedings against the legislators. fall of the MVA government in the
A bench comprising Chief Jus-
tice D Y Chandrachud and Justices state and Eknath Shinde formed gov-
ernment with the help of the BJP.
J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra re- Earlier on Monday, Shiv Sena
ferred to the May 11 verdict of the (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut accused
apex court on the Maharashtra po- Maharashtra speaker of deliberate-
litical crisis and the direction issued ly delaying a decision on disqualifi-
by it to the speaker to decide the dis- cation petitions filed against MLAs
qualification petitions within a rea- Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Aaditya Thackeray takes part in the Dahi from chief minister Eknath Shinde’s
sonable time. Handi in Mumbai recently (ANI) camp by the Uddhav Thackeray-led
The speaker has to honour the
dignity of the Supreme Court and the speaker within a week setting The Uddhav Thackeray faction faction. “Despite a clear directive
from the Supreme Court, the speak-
abide by its verdict, the bench said. out a timeline to complete the pro- of Shiv Sena had filed disqualifica- er is wasting time when it comes to
It asked Solicitor General Tushar
Mehta, appearing for the speaker, to ceedings. The solicitor general shall tion petitions against chief minister deciding on the disqualification pe-
inform the court about the timeline
titions. He is supporting the uncon-
Eknath Shinde and other MLAs, in-
inform it about the time frame being being set for disposing of the pro- cluding some cabinet ministers, after stitutional government in the state,”
set by the House chair for disposal ceedings,” the bench said. they led a rebellion within the party Raut alleged.
of the disqualification petitions. “We
expect deference and dignity to the
directions issued by the Supreme RANE CALLS UDDHAV THACKERAY “TERRORIST”
Court,” the bench said and listed
the plea by Shiv Sena (UBT) faction
seeking disqualification of Shinde haratiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Maha- terrogation of Uddhav Thackeray for his threatening
and other Shiv Sena MLAs support- rashtra, Nitesh Rane, on Tuesday, drew a par- remarks. “In the coming days, Ram Mandir will be in-
ing him after two weeks. Ballel between Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav augurated. There may be a possibility that many Hin-
The apex court further added Thackeray and banned “Popular Front of India”. dus will be called from all over the country for the in-
that assembly speaker is a “tribu- Rane also called Uddhav Thackeray a terrorist for auguration, and after the ceremony is over, they can do
nal under the tenth schedule of the his recent remark that was made in Jalgaon. something like the Godhra incident while the people
Constitution”, and as a tribunal, he is “A Godhara-type incident can happen during the return,” said Uddhav Thackeray.
amenable to the court’s jurisdiction. Ram Temple inauguration in January 2024,” claimed It is pertinent to note that Uddhav Thackeray is al-
The bench added that “nothing has Uddhav Thackery on Sunday while addressing a pub- ready facing massive criticism after Shinde Sena MLA
been done” about the pending dis- lic meeting in Jalgaon. Sada Sarvanakar accused Uddhav Thackeray and San-
qualification petitions after the May Uddhav’s statement has attracted massive con- jay Raut of instigating him to attack former Maharash-
11 judgement. demnation from the BJP leaders. tra Chief Minister Manohar Joshi’s residence in Mum-
“We now direct that the proce- Rane on Tuesday also demanded custodial in- bai’s Shivaji Park area.
dural directions shall be issued by

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