Shiv Sena row | Delhi High Court reserves order on Uddhav Thackeray's appeal against decision freezing party name, symbol
The Hindu
A Bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad, after hearing arguments of counsels for both the parties, said, "We will pass appropriate orders."
The Delhi High Court on December 15 reserved its order on an appeal by former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray challenging a single judge's decision dismissing his plea against an Election Commission (EC) interim order freezing the Shiv Sena name and election symbol.
Mr. Thackeray claimed that the single judge's November 15 order, by which it had also directed the Election Commission to expedite the proceedings, is “erroneous” and liable to be set aside.
A Bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad, after hearing arguments of counsels for both the parties, said, "We will pass appropriate orders." Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Mr. Thackeray, submitted that the EC did not hear him while passing the freezing of symbol order.
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"Never in the history of the Commission, freezing order has been passed without hearing the party," he argued. The single judge Bench, in its order, had said that there was "no procedural infraction" in the EC's order freezing the Shiv Sena's name and election symbol following a "split" in the party.
It had said the Commission passed the freezing order in view of urgency in respect of allotment of symbol on account of announcement of bypolls and the petitioner, who repeatedly took time to furnish necessary documents, now cannot allege violation of principles of natural justice and criticise the poll panel.
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