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MUMBAI: While assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar has said his decision in the Shiv Sena. case will be based on. constitutional provisions..
Experts said that with a total of 34 disqualification petitions and counter-pleas filed from the rival sides and clubbed into six groups by the Speaker, there was a possibility some petitions may be rejected and some accepted...
At the same time, going by this measure, none could face disqualification too, Kalse said.. Lawyer Ujjwal Nikam too said it was possible some petitions would be accepted and some rejected..
So far this was the prerogative of EC, but now a separate mechanism has been provided to the Speaker, Nikam said.. Officials said disqualification is done not just on interpretation of law but on the basis of implication of facts placed during the evidence recorded..
So disqualification pleas for not attending party meeting, defying whip and not following party whip during election of Speaker or voting contrary to party whip were heard together, an official said..
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