Supreme Court To Hear Uddhav Thackeray Faction’s Petition Challenging Maharashtra Speaker’s Order On Disqualification Pleas

Supreme Court agrees to list a petition by Uddhav Thackeray faction of Shiv Sena challenging the order of Maharashtra Speaker Rahul Narwekar on the dismissal of disqualification pleas against Chief Minister Eknath Shinde faction MLAs. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal appearing for the Thackeray group mentions the matter for early listing of the case saying it can be listed else elections are to be held. A bench headed by CJI DY Chandrachud says it will list the case.