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The Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court will deliver the crucial verdict on the Shiv Sena factional feud case that saw Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde factions splitting the party and the latter forming the government with the BJP, on Thursday.

Last year, the state was grappling with a major crisis which culminated in Eknath Shinde taking over as Chief Minister from Uddhav Thackeray following a split in the Shiv Sena. A bunch of petitions will be disposed off on Thursday which will settle the dispute for all times to come.

The apex court raised objections on the conduct of the then governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari in calling the floor test as well as the appointment of the chief whip from the Shinde-led group, and said the Uddhav Thackeray government cannot be restored as he resigned without facing the floor test.

The Supreme Court has said that it cannot restore the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in Maharashtra as the resignation by Uddhav Thackeray as Chief Minister was voluntary in nature.

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The Bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud made the observation in its judgment on the Maharashtra politics case that arose out of the rift between the Eknath Shinde and Uddhav Thackeray factions.

Thursday's cause list, which is the list of business for the day, shows that the judgement has been authored by CJI Chandrachud and is likely to be unanimous.

The Constitution bench was set up to hear the legal issue concerning the scope of legislative and executive powers of the Centre and the National Capital Territory government over control of services in Delhi.

L-G House officials said Saxena had given Kejriwal an appointment at 4 pm for the meeting. This will be the first meeting between the two after mid-January this year.

The Supreme Court's Constitution Bench consisting of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices MR Shah, Krishna Murari, Hima Kohli, and PS Narasimha is set to pronounce its verdict.