Updated On: 13 December, 2022 06:31 PM IST | New Delhi | IANS
In August this year, a three-judge bench of the apex court had said that a five-judge constitution bench will hear a batch of petitions filed by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Uddhav Thackeray factions on queries related to defection, merger and disqualification

Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde. File Pic
Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray faction on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to refer the judgement in the Nabam Rebia case to a seven-judge bench of the apex court.
The judgment restricted the power of the Speaker to decide disqualification petitions if a resolution seeking his removal was pending.