Guwahati: Rebel Shiv Seva leader Eknath Shinde and other MLAs has given time by the Supreme Court on Monday to respond to disqualification notices sent to them by the Deputy Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. The court has extended the deadline until July 12 at 5:30 pm.
Earlier, the Deputy Speaker had given them until today at 5:30 p.m. to submit a reply. “As an interim measure, the time allowed by the Deputy Speaker to the petitioners or other similarly situated MLAs to file their submissions today by 5.30 pm is extended until July 12,” wrote Justices Surya Kant and JB Pardiwala on a vacation bench in their ruling. Without affecting their writ petition rights, the petitioners or other MLAs are free to submit their response.”
The matter will now be heard on July 11 by the supreme court.
The petitions filed by the Shinde group contesting the Deputy Speaker’s decision to issue disqualification letters to 16 rebel MLAs as well as the choice of Ajay Choudhary to lead the Shiv Sena Legislative Party were being heard by the top court.
The bench also sent letters to Ajay Chaudhary, Sunil Prabhu, the Center, the Deputy Speaker, and the Secretary of the Maharashtra State Legislative Assembly, requesting that they respond in writing within five days.