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New Delhi:The Supreme Court Thursday wondered whether the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Speakers decision to declare Chief Minister Eknath Shindes faction as the real Shiv Sena based on legislative majority went against the 2023 SC judgment in the case.. The Shiv Sena, founded by Bal Thackeray, split in June 2022 after Eknath Shinde and several other MLAs rebelled against then-chief minister Uddhav Thackeray..
The Supreme Court, in May last year, directed the Speaker to decide on the disqualification of the MLAs, who switched to the Eknath Shinde-led faction, splitting the Sena...
In the present case, the Shinde faction did not merge with any other political party and remained independent.. However, in his141-page decision, the Speaker said the 2018 leadership structure read with the relevant constitution of the Shiv Sena does not provide a reliable outcome to settle the issue of which faction is the real political party...
He then turned to the legislative majority test to rule that the Shinde faction was the real Shiv Sena political party when the rival factions emerged on 21 June 2022...
The crisis pertains to the political fallout in Maharashtra in 2022, following differences in the Shiv Sena between groups owing allegiance to Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his predecessor, Uddhav Thackeray.Shinde broke away along with a significant number of legislators and became the chief minister in July 2022 with the BJPs support...
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