New Delhi, June 26: Maharashtra Shiv Sena MLA and Minister Eknath Shinde today moved the Supreme Court against the disqualification notice issued by the Deputy Speaker to him and 15 other rebel legislators, calling the action “illegal and unconstitutional” and seeking a stay on it. A vacation bench of Justices Surya Kant and J B Pardiwala is likely to hear Shinde’s plea tomorrow seeking directions to the Deputy Speaker to not take any action in the disqualification petition against him. […]
In a 75-page petition, the SC was asked to reverse the resolution of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and to grant the petition for disqualification against Marcos.