Shiv Sena Row: SC to hear on 1 Aug Uddhav’s plea against ECI proceedings to determine ‘real’ Sena

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear on August 1 a fresh plea of the Uddhav Thackeray-led camp of Shiv Sena seeking a stay on the proceedings before the Election Commission of India on Eknath Shinde group's claim for recognition as 'real' Shiv Sena.

Senior advocate Kapil Sibal appearing for the Thackeray group mentioned the case for hearing before a bench of Chief Justice NV Ramana saying as the matters are pending before the Supreme Court, meantime they are trying to make the matter infructuous by moving Election Commission.

Till the court decides, they can't go before the Election Commission, Sibal told the apex court.

Senior advocate Neeraj Kishan Kaul appearing for the Eknath Shinde group told the top court that the issue before the Election Commission is completely different.

It is an intra-party thing as to who represents the party and the symbol, it has nothing to do with matters pending before the apex court, Kaul said.

When the CJI Ramana enquired what was the stage of proceedings before the ECI, Kaul replied that notice has been issued for August 8.

The bench then posted the matter along with other petitions pending before it. 

Filing the application, Subhash Desai, the General Secretary of Shiv Sena has said that the Election Commission can't decide the matter since the cases are pending before the Supreme Court. (with ANI inputs)

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