I have full faith in judiciary, says Uddhav on legal tussle over 'real' Sena

Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday expressed confidence that his faction will emerge victorious in the legal tussle with the rebel group led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath ShindeA Constitution bench of the Supreme Court is hearing an application of the Uddhav Thackerayled faction seeking to restrain the Election Commission from deciding on the claim of the Shindeled group over the real Shiv SenaI have full faith in the judiciary and we will win former state CM Thackeray told the Sena workers from Osmanabad which was renamed as Dharashiv in one of the final decisions of his government before it collapsed in June this yearHe was addressing the cadre at his residence Matoshree in MumbaiThe Thackerayled Maha Vikas Aghadi government had collapsed after a revolt by Shinde and 39 other legislators against the Sena leadershipAlso Read SC reserves verdict on pleas challenging Centres 10 per cent EWS quotaShinde was sworn in as the CM on June 30 along with BJPs Devendra Fadnavis as his deputyOn August 23 the Supreme Court had referred to a fivejudge bench the petitions filed by the Thackeray and Shindeled factions raising several constitutional questions related to defection merger and disqualificationIt had asked the Election Commission of India ECI not to pass any orders on the Shinde factions plea that it be considered the iquestrealiquest Shiv Sena and be granted the partys poll symbolA bench headed by the then Chief Justice N V Ramana had said the batch of petitions raise important constitutional issues relating to the 10th schedule of the Constitution pertaining to disqualification power of the speaker and governor and judicial reviewThe 10th Schedule of the Constitution provides for the prevention of defection of the elected and nominated members from their political parties and contains stringent provisions against defectionsThe Thackeray faction had earlier submitted that party MLAs loyal to Shinde can save themselves from disqualification under the 10th Schedule of the Constitution only by merging with another political partyThe Shinde group had contended the antidefection law is not a weapon for a leader who has lost the confidence of his own partyThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever