Mumbai News Highlights: Supreme Court to deliver verdict in Shiv Sena case tomorrow

Mumbai News Today Highlights: The apex court will pronounce its judgment on the disqualification plea of 16 MLAs belonging to CM Shinde.

By: Express Web Desk
Mumbai | Updated: May 13, 2023 04:56 PM IST

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In July, when Shinde sought a trust vote on the floor of the state legislative assembly, the ruling BJP-Shiv Sena combine got the support of 164 out of a total of 288 MLAs. The ruling alliance easily crossed the halfway mark of 145. (File)

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Mumbai News Highlights: The Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court will deliver verdict on the dispute between the warring factions of Shiv Sena–one led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and the other by Uddhav Thackeray–on Thursday. The apex court will pronounce its judgment on the disqualification plea of 16 MLAs belonging to CM Shinde. In July, when Shinde sought a trust vote on the floor of the state legislative assembly, the ruling BJP-Shiv Sena combine got the support of 164 out of a total of 288 MLAs. The ruling alliance easily crossed the halfway mark of 145.

In other news, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will visit Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray in Mumbai on Thursday. Nitish is likely to invite both leaders to Patna where he is set to hold a grand Opposition rally after the Karnataka elections. Kapil Patil, MLC and Janata Dal (United) leader from Maharashtra, confirmed that Nitish spoke to Thackeray and Pawar on Saturday.

Meanwhile, there is nothing to show that IIT-Bombay student Arman Khatri had harassed fellow student Darshan Solanki on the ground of caste discrimination or instigated him to die by suicide, a special court said in its detailed order granting bail to Khatri.

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