September 18, 2023 8:41 PM

SC directs Maharashtra Assembly Speaker to spell out timeline for disqualification petitions against CM Eknath Shinde and others

The Supreme Court today directed the Maharashtra Assembly Speaker to spell out the timeline within a week for adjudication of the disqualification petitions.  These were filed against Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Shiv Sena MLAs who had tied up with the BJP to form a new government in June 2022.   A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra referred to the 11th of May verdict of the Apex Court on the Maharashtra political crisis and ...