SC seeks Speaker response to UBT plea against MPs' merger with Sena
Supreme Court agreed to test the validity of Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla's decision to recognise the merger of six Sena UBT MPs with the Eknath Shinde-led faction.
Court issued notice to the office of LS Speaker and six rebel MPs, seeking their response on a petition by Sena UBT MP Arvind Sawant.
Senior advocate Devadatta Kamat argued the merger was orchestrated for the Parliament session and raises questions of constitutional morality.
Sena UBT petition asserts the original party did not merge, so the Speaker could not allow a group of legislators to merge into another party.
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