00:00 Somebody has to advise the Speaker that he cannot defeat the orders of the Supreme Court.
00:06 The Supreme Court, bench headed by Chief Justice of India, D Y Chandrachud has slammed the
00:11 Maharashtra Assembly Speaker while hearing the Shiv Sena disqualification plea case.
00:17 Let's understand the full story but before that, if you are watching this on Facebook
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00:28 Hearing the Maharashtra Assembly Speaker for the second time in less than a month, the
00:32 Supreme Court on Friday said a decision on the Shiv Sena disqualification matter has
00:37 to be taken well before the next elections.
00:40 It can't take forever, Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud said, adding that the delay
00:46 risks making the disqualification proceedings infructuous.
00:52 We will keep the matter for Tuesday.
00:54 Let the Speaker give a time schedule.
00:57 If not, we will give a time frame for the completion of the proceedings.
01:01 The order of this Court has to be followed, the bench said.
01:06 This means if the Speaker does not give a time frame, the Court will be intervening.
01:13 The Court said it respects all branches of constitutional authorities and had not set
01:19 a deadline because it trusts the Speaker to act responsibly but is worried about the
01:26 dignity of the Court.
01:28 The Court also reiterated that no step has been taken in six months.
01:34 The Court had on September 18th asked Mr. Narvekar to set up a timeline to decide the
01:41 disqualification petitions against Mr. Shinde and the rebel MLAs.
01:46 The Court had even then asked Mr. Narvekar to maintain the Court's dignity.
01:51 Now, let's discuss what is the status of the hearing of disqualification pleas by Mr.
01:58 Narvekar which the Supreme Court had on May 11th, 2022, directed the Speaker to decide
02:04 on the disqualification of rebel MLAs under the 10th schedule in reasonable time.
02:11 During the third hearing on the disqualification issue on Thursday, petitioners from the Uddhav
02:16 Thackeray-led Shiv Sena UBT demanded that the petitions of both factions be clubbed
02:22 together for the hearing and also sought permission to submit additional petitions regarding events
02:29 that happened after the filing of the original petition on June 24th, such as Eknath Shinde's
02:36 meeting the Governor to stake a claim to form the government on June 29th.
02:41 The Shinde faction, on the other hand, has opposed the demand.
02:45 Mr. Narvekar is expected to give the ruling on the demands from both sides on October
02:51 20th.
02:52 If the final verdict goes against the Shinde faction, then not only Mr. Shinde and the
02:57 rebel MLAs be disqualified, but this could also trigger a major exodus from his party
03:05 to the Uddhav Thackeray-Shiv Sena and this can be a major blow to the Shinde-Shiv Sena
03:12 ahead of the big elections.
03:15 And will the BJP then entertain Mr. Shinde is also a question mark.
03:21 That's it for this report, for more such news and updates subscribe to HW News English.
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