Today, the Supreme Court has instructed the Speaker of the Maharashtra Assembly to establish a clear timeline for addressing the requests for disqualification of Shiv Sena MLAs associated with Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's faction.

The Supreme Court has requested the Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly to schedule a hearing for disqualification petitions within one week and establish a specific timeline for resolving these disqualification requests.

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, leading the Supreme Court bench, expressed concern over the delay in reaching a decision and emphasized that the Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, Rahul Narwekar, is obligated to respect the authority and dignity of the Supreme Court.

“Speaker has to honour dignity of Supreme Court", said CJI DY Chandrachud over the delay in deciding pleas for disqualification of Shiv Sena MLAs.

Further, the Supreme Court sought a specific timeline for the hearings regarding the disqualification petitions, despite Solicitor General Tushar Mehta's argument that the Speaker should not be treated in the manner of a school child.

Supreme Court further condemned the delay in decision of plea against the disqualification of CM Eknath Shinde and other Shiv Sena rebel MLAs and said it expects deference, dignity to directions issued by it while pronouncing verdict on Maharashtra political row.

The Shiv Sena faction led by Uddhav Thackeray had submitted disqualification petitions against Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and several other MLAs, including certain cabinet ministers.