A short plea was brought before the Supreme Court on Wednesday. It was about the disagreement over the party sign between the Shiv Sena (UBT) and the Shiv Sena.
The lawyer representing the Shiv Sena (UBT) told the court that the state will soon announce the polls. Therefore, the party requested the court’s assistance in devising temporary strategies to resolve the party symbol dispute before the election announcement.
A bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and K. Vinod Chandran looked over the arguments and set the date for the hearing for July 14.
The Shiv Sena (UBT) went to the highest court to protest the Election Commission’s decision to grant the Eknath Shinde group the official “bow and arrow” party symbol. They asked the Court to hear and decide the case right away, before the state’s polls are announced.
The lawyer for Shiv Sena (UBT) stated that the case had been pending before the highest court for two years and that party symbols can’t be changed once the election is announced.
Shiv Sena (UBT) said, “Once the election is announced, symbols can’t change.”
If it’s been going on for two years, that’s our problem, the bench said, declining to agree with the argument that the situation needed to be dealt with right away. Therefore, the case was scheduled for hearing on July 14.
The case was heard again on May 7, and the top court asked the Shiv Sena (UBT) faction to focus on the upcoming Maharashtra local body polls. They also refused to hear the case right away.
“The elections should go well.” You pay attention to that. “Most voters in local bodies don’t back a symbol,” Justice Kant told Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, who was representing the Shiv Sena (UBT).
