'We will see': CJI as Sena (UBT) moves SC challenging Speaker's approval of MPs' merger with Shinde faction
NEW DELHI: The Shiv Sena (UBT) on Tuesday approached the Supreme Court challenging Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla's decision to approve the merger of its six MPs with the Shiv Sena led by Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde .
Senior advocate Devadatt Kamat, appearing for the Uddhav Thackeray-led party, mentioned the matter before a bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M. Pancholi, seeking an urgent hearing on Wednesday. Responding to the request, the Chief Justice said, "We will see."
Kamat told the bench that Speaker Om Birla had approved the merger of six Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs with the Shinde-led Shiv Sena on July 18. He argued that the development had wider constitutional implications, saying it had become "a national phenomenon" where MPs were joining the very parties they had contested elections against.
The petition challenges the Speaker's decision to recognise the merger, with the Uddhav Thackeray-led faction seeking the Supreme Court's intervention against the move.
Senior advocate Devadatt Kamat, appearing for the Uddhav Thackeray-led party, mentioned the matter before a bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M. Pancholi, seeking an urgent hearing on Wednesday. Responding to the request, the Chief Justice said, "We will see."
Kamat told the bench that Speaker Om Birla had approved the merger of six Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs with the Shinde-led Shiv Sena on July 18. He argued that the development had wider constitutional implications, saying it had become "a national phenomenon" where MPs were joining the very parties they had contested elections against.
The petition challenges the Speaker's decision to recognise the merger, with the Uddhav Thackeray-led faction seeking the Supreme Court's intervention against the move.
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