Maharashtra Political Crisis Live Updates
Maharashtra Political Crisis: Maharashtra Shiv Sena MLA and minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday moved the Supreme Court against the disqualification notices issued to him and 15 other rebel MLAs by the deputy speaker, terming the action “illegal and unconstitutional” and seeking a stay on it. A vacation bench of Justices Surya Kant and JB Pardiwala is likely to hear on Monday Shinde’s plea seeking a direction to the deputy chairman not to take any action on the disqualification petition against him. Shinde, in his petition, said that he is constrained to exercise the jurisdiction of this court under Article 32 of the Constitution, which is “arbitrary and illegal” under the provisions of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (Disqualification on grounds of defection) Rules, 1986. Challenging practice. Deputy Speaker which is a complete violation of Articles 14 and 19(1)(g) of the Constitution. Shinde and a large number of MLAs rebelled against the leadership of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on June 21 and are currently in Guwahati, Assam.