Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Nov 15: The Shiv Sena group led by Uddhav Thackeray filed a lawsuit against the Election Commission’s decision to freeze the Shiv Sena party name and the bow and arrow symbol, but the Delhi High Court dismissed it on Tuesday.
However, Justice Sanjeev Narula ordered the Election Commission of India (ECI) to make decisions about the allocation of party names and symbols as quickly as practicable.
Both the Uddhav Thackrey and Eknath Shinde factions claimed ownership of the Shiv Sena party name and its emblem. However, the ECI issued a temporary order on October 8 prohibiting the use of the “Shiv Sena” party name and symbol by either camp until it determines which of the two competing factions is allowed to do so.
The order was passed by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey.
According to the order, both factions are free to choose names during this time, including ones that are associated with their parent party, Shivsena.
The Shinde group requested that it be determined if the Thackeray camp or the Shinde camp is the true Shiv Sena, and the order was granted in response to their request.
This came after the Maharashtra government was overthrown as a result of the Shinde and the majority of Shiv Sena MLAs withdrawing their support for then-Chief Minister Thackeray.
Senior attorneys Devadatta Kamat and Kapil Sibal argued on behalf of the Uddhav Thackeray group. The attorneys Vivek Singh, Devyani Gupta, and Tanvi Anand submitted the petition.
The Eknath Shinde group was represented by senior attorneys Rajiv Nayar, Maninder Singh, and Neeraj Kishan Kaul, as well as attorneys Chirag Shah, Utsav Trivedi, Himanshu Sachdeva, and Manini Roy.
