Top news of the day: Supreme Court refuses to stay Election Commission order on Shiv Sena; AAP’s Shelly Oberoi is Delhi’s new Mayor, and more

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Uddhav Thackeray vs Eknath Shinde | Supreme Court refuses to stay Election Commission order on Shiv Sena

The Supreme Court on February 22 refused to stay the Election Commission decision to allot party name Shiv Sena and bow and arrow symbol to Eknath Shinde-led faction. The court however has allowed a prayer by the Thackeray faction to allow an Election Commission interim order allotting it the name ‘Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)‘ and symbol ‘Flaming Torch’ to “continue to remain in operation”. “We cannot stay an order of the Election Commission at this stag. They have succeeded before the EC,” Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud told the Uddhav Thackeray camp.

AAP’s Shelly Oberoi is new Mayor, Aaley Iqbal is Deputy Mayor

AAP candidate Shelly Oberoi was elected the new Mayor of Delhi on February 22. Ms. Oberoi secured 150 votes while BJP candidate Rekha Gupta secured 116 votes in what was the fourth attempt at conducting the polls. Later in the day, AAP candidate Aaley Mohammed Iqbal was elected Delhi’s new Deputy Mayor defeating the BJP’s Kamal Bagri by a margin of 31 votes. Mr. Iqbal bagged 147 votes against Mr. Bagri’s 116.

Home Ministry sanctions prosecution of Manish Sisodia in ‘collection of political intelligence’ case

The Union Home Ministry has granted sanction to the CBI to prosecute Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in connection with the alleged “snooping on political opponents through a specially designed feedback unit (FBU)”. The sanction has been granted under Section 17 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, the MHA said in a letter to the Principal Secretary to the Lieutenant-Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena. In response to the development, Mr Sisodia said, “To file false cases on your opponents is a sign of a weak and cowardly person. As the Aam Aadmi Party grows, more cases will be filed against us.”

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