Delivering verdict on cross-petitions by Shiv Sena factions seeking disqualification of rival group MLAs after a split in the party in June last year, Maharashtra Speaker Rahul Narwekar said on Wednesday that the "Shinde faction was real Shiv Sena when rival factions emerged"
On December 15, 2023, the Supreme Court extended till January 10 the time for the Speaker to pronounce a verdict on disqualification petitions against MLAs including Shinde.
Petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a review of its judgement, which upheld the validity of the Union government's 2019 decision to abrogate Article 370 of the Constitution, which conferred the special status of Jammu and Kashmir.
The disqualification pleas have been pending since the Maharashtra political crises started. The plea sought direction for the Speaker to decide disqualification petitions within a time-bound manner.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday listed February for the hearing of the petitions relating to the stray dog menace in Kerala and other parts of the country.
The disqualification pleas have been pending since the Maharashtra political crises started. The plea sought direction for the Speaker to decide disqualification petitions within a time-bound manner.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition challenging the Delhi Prison rule that restricts the right of inmates to meet family members or consult a lawyer to two meetings a week.
"It is highly improper for the Speaker to meet Eknath Shinde just three days before deciding the disqualification petitions filed against Shinde," the application filed by Sunil Prabhu of Thackeray camp stated.
The Delhi High Court has dismissed the petition of businessman Neeraj Singhal seeking bail and challenging his arrest by the ED in a money laundering case.
Amid the ongoing row over the Kerala Government Land Assignment (Amendment) Bill, Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan said that h all the petitions received by him have been sent back to the Government for their remarks.
According to the written order for the January 3 proceedings of the court on the petitions filed against enforced disappearances in the country, the apex court strongly objected to manhandling of the families of the missing persons from the Balochistan province in Islamabad.
The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Friday barred the inclusion of the names of the former National Assembly speaker and other members of the Pakistan Assembly of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the fourth schedule aimed at keeping the petitioners out of the Feb 8 polls, Pakistan-based Pakist