SC rejects transfer of Shiv Sena assets from team Uddhav Thackeray

SC rejects transfer of Shiv Sena assets from team Uddhav Thackeray

In the latest evolution, A bench
comprising Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud and Justice P S Narasimha
dismissed a plea seeking a direction to the Maharashtra government that all party assets of the Shiv Sena being held by the Uddhav Thackeray faction be transferred to the group led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.
The Bench questioned the locus of petitioner Lawyer Ashish Giri.

As per Giri he filed a plea in the top court as it had heard various petitions relating to the feud amidst the Thackeray and the Shinde factions. He had said the assets of the party should be transferred to the Shinde group.

The top court, on March 16, had reserved its verdict on a batch of cross-petitions of Uddhav Thackeray and CM Eknath Shinde factions pertaining to the Maharashtra political crisis.

The poll panel has granted the symbol, bow and arrow, to the Shinde faction and the issue is presently sub-judice.

News input KV Raman