A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud said whether the 2016 Nabam Rebia judgement requires reference or not will be considered with the merits of the case on February 21.
The pleas pertain to the political crisis that followed the bulk desertion of rebel Sena MLAs and eventually resulted in the demise of the Uddhav-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government. Maharashtra Political Crisis: Supreme Court To Hear Batch of Pleas by Rival Shiv Sena Factions on February 14.
This decision had come to the rescue of rebel MLAs led by Eknath Shinde, now the chief minister of Maharashtra, in the apex court on the ground of pendency of a notice for removal of assembly deputy speaker Narhari Sitaram Zariwal. Maharashtra Political Crisis: Uddhav Thackeray Faction of Shiv Sena To Seek Adjudication of Cases by Seven-Judge Bench in Supreme Court on January 10.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday said Metro and other projects stalled in the state in the last two-and-a-half years have been taken up on priority by his government.
Alluding to his rebellion against the Shiv Sena leadership in June which toppled the Sena-NCP-Congress coalition government in the state, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday said he and his supporters "broke a very tough Dahi Handi".