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Uddhav Thackeray demanded that the poll panel should be dissolved. "Why is the election commissioner appointed by the government by their whims and fancies?" he asked.
The SC on February 17, refusing to refer pleas pertaining to last year's political crisis--triggered by Shiv Sena's division to a seven-judge bench for reconsideration of the 2016 Nabam Rebia judgement--said that they will have to consider merits of the case. Both factions reacting to the development defended their stances.
The top court said the request made by the Thackeray camp to refer the issue to a larger bench, so that the Nabam Rebia order can be re-examined, will also be decided along with the merits.
A single-judge had dismissed Uddhav Thackeray's petition last month asking the EC to complete the proceedings related to Shiv Sena name and symbol as expeditiously as possible.
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