The ranks of dissidents are swelling in Shiv Sena with each passing day and it seems discontent within the party, which was once steadfastly anchored by charismatic Bal Thackeray, is not likely to dissipate soon.Amid the imbroglio, the .
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS): The ranks of dissidents are swelling in Shiv Sena with each passing day and it seems discontent within the party, which was once steadfastly anchored by charismatic Bal Thackeray, is not likely to dissipate soon. Amid the imbroglio, the anti-defection law – which was enacted not to facilitate defection but to eliminate it – acquires added significance. Para 4 of the 10th Schedule of the Constitution, the law on defection, says “the merger of the original political party of a member of a House shall be deemed to have taken place if, and only if, not less than two-thirds of the members of the legislature party concerned have agreed to such merger”. It stressed that the merger has to be between two political parties. However, the legal scenario is not simple in the Maharashtra political crisis — as rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde’s faction has not clarified whether it is merging with the BJP, and is rather insisting that
Senior Advocate and former Additional Solicitor General for India Aman Lekhi asserted that the government's stand in cases of public importance must be known.
The Supreme Court on Thursday vacated the stay on the Delhi High Court order, which issued guidelines for feeding street dogs after holding that citizens have a right to feed the animals.