Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, July 8: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a fresh plea of the Uddhav Thackeray led faction challenging appointment of Eknath Shinde as Maharashtra Chief Minister on July 11.
Indira Banerjee and JK Maheshwari, sitting as a vacationing bench, announced that it would be listed before the proper bench on July 11.
Shiv Sena leader Subhash Desai’s representative, senior attorney Devadatt Kamat, stated that they are requesting listing of the new case among other ongoing petitions that are scheduled for hearing on July 11.
“We are challenging the appointment of Eknath Shinde as chief minister,” Kamat said.
Notably, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government had fallen due to rebellion by certain Sena MLAs, led by Shinde.
Days prior, the faction had petitioned the Supreme Court to request a stay of the decision of the new Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar to recognise the candidate of the Eknath Shinde group as the party’s chief whip. When the court reopens after the summer break, on July 11, it was scheduled for hearing by a bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and J K Maheshwari.
