Supreme Court

Shiv Sena's Uddhav Thackeray faction had knocked on the doors of the Supreme Court after the Speaker dragged his feet in deciding on disqualification of lawmakers who aligned with the Shinde group.

A special leave petition has been filed in the Supreme Court on September 23.

"What is the material before us to doubt it?," asked a bench headed by CJI D.Y. Chandrachud to the petitioner-in-person, a Mumbai-based lawyer Sunil Ahya.

“Why don’t you go the high court?,” asked a bench comprising Justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela M. Trivedi to senior advocate Mukul Rohtagi, representing Soren.

The complaints have been filed by Supreme Court lawyer Vineet Jindal and Hindu Sena Chief Vishnu Gupta.

With pronouncing its judgement in the case, a bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Abhay S. Oka and Vikram Nath also directed a compensation of Rs 10 lakh each for both the families of the deceased persons and Rs 5 lakh each for the injured.

In a short hearing, a bench comprising Justices A.S. Bopanna and M.M. Sundresh initially expressed its disinclination to extend Jain’s interim bail beyond September 5 and said the former Delhi minister will have to surrender thereafter. 

As per the details available on the website of the apex court, the matter is likely to be taken up on next Friday, August 25.

“The post is fake, ill-intended and mischievous. No such post has been issued by the Chief Justice of India nor has he authorised any such post,” said the press note released by the Public Relations Office of the Supreme Court. 

“Who are you to file this? This seems to be purely a publicity interest litigation," a bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Sudhanshu Dhulia questioned advocate Dhawan Uniyal, questioning the locus standi (right to approach judicial forum) of the PIL petitioner.