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NASHIK: A sessions court here on Wednesday convicted and sentenced Achalpur MLA Omprakash alias Bachchu Baburao Kadu to one-year imprisonment each on two charges of assault on a public servant and intentional insult on July 24, 2017 during a meeting at a hall adjacent to the Nashik municipal commissioner's office. While the sentences are to run concurrently, Kadu's lawyers moved a bail application soon after the sentencing and the court granted bail to the MLA to enable him to move an appeal in a higher court. Sessions judge V S Kulkarni read out the operative part of his ruling and a full text of the judgment will be released in due course of time. It was not uploaded on the district court's website till late Wednesday evening. Maharashtra MLA Bacchu Kadu rushed to hospital after being hit by 2-wheeler in Amravati The accident took place when he was getting down from a vehicle to board another. Kadu was hit by a speeding two-wheeler. The Nashik police's PRO cell said in a release that on Wednesday district and sessions judge V S Kulkarni after examining the statements of the complainant, witnesses, panch and the circumstantial evidences placedon record, found Kadu guilty of the two charges. Later, Kadu told reporters, "I will move the higher court against this ruling. Government officers are using Section 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) of the Indian Penal Code as a shield all over the state and the country. I will also m...

It's a big day today for Maharashtra's politics. According to media reports, the Among the MLAs who are facing disqualification is Maharashtra's current chief minister, Eknath Shinde. Shinde's rebellion, believed to have taken place in collusion with the Bharatiya Janata Party, had toppled the then The 'Group of 16' also includes cabinet ministers Abdul Sattar, Tanaji Sawant and Sandipan Bhumare. While a total of 40 MLAs had defected from the Shiv Sena, the disqualification has been sought against the 16 MLAs who were the first ones to go incommunicado. "He votes or abstains from voting in such House contrary to any direction issued by the political party to which he belongs or by any person or authority authorised by it in this behalf, without obtaining, in either case, the prior permission of such political party, person or authority and such voting or abstention has not been condoned by such political party, person or authority within fifteen days from the date of such voting or abstention." A number of petitions had been filed in the Supreme Court by both the Shinde and the Thackeray factions. The matter was heard by the constitution bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice MR Shah, Justice Krishna Murari, Justice Hima Kohli and Justice PS Narasimha. Justice MR Shah is retiring on 15 April, which may have prompted the Court to deliver the judgment this week. Along with the disqualification of 16 MLAs, the Court is supposed to consider following issues as...

live BIG Relief For Shinde; SC Says ‘Can’t Restore MVA Govt as Uddhav Voluntarily Resigned as CM’ The top court is dealing with the issue of disqualification of 16 MLAs belonging to CM Shinde’s Sena. The 16 MLAs, including Shinde, were sent disqualification notices for not attending a party meeting convened by the then CM Uddhav Thackeray despite the whip which was issued. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said that had Uddhav Thackeray refrained from resigning as the chief minister of Maharashtra, the court could have reinstated him, but the court cannot quash a resignation. The top court also held that the Governor erred in concluding that Uddhav Thackeray had lost the majority in the House. A five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud said the court cannot quash the resignation submitted by Thackrey. The bench noted that the petitioners argued for restoring the status quo ante, however, Thackeray did not face the floor test. Also Read: • • • The top court held that the Maharashtra Governor erred in concluding that Uddhav Thackeray had lost the majority in the House. The bench said the lack of security to MLAs (Eknath Shinde faction) is not a reason to conclude that a government has fallen and it was nothing, but an extraneous reason to be relied upon by the Governor. The top court said the Governor had no objective material to doubt the confidence of the Maha Vikas Aghadi government and to call for a floor test. The Constitution Bench comprising Ch...

Mumbai: The Maharashtra assembly's resolution to suspend 12 BJP MLAs for a year for alleged unruly behaviour has been set aside by the Supreme Court. "Suspending the MLAs beyond the sessions is unconstitutional and illegal," the Supreme Court said today. While the rules say suspension can be for the session, the 12 MLAs were suspended for a year beyond the session. The 12 MLAs are Sanjay Kute, Ashish Shelar, Abhimanyu Pawar, Girish Mahajan, Atul Bhatkhalkar, Parag Alavani, Harish Pimpale, Yogesh Sagar, Jay Kumar Rawat, Narayan Kuche, Ram Satpute and Bunty Bhangdia. The motion to suspend the MLAs was moved by state Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anil Parab and passed by a voice vote. Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis had termed the allegation as false, and said Mr Jadhav's account of the incident was "one-sided". "This is a false allegation and an attempt to reduce the numbers of opposition benches, because we exposed the government's falsehood on the OBC (Other Backward Classes) quota in local bodies," Mr Fadnavis had said, adding that BJP members had not abused the presiding officer.

Ruling that the Maharashtra Assembly’s July 5, 2021 resolution suspending 12 BJP MLAs for one year following alleged misbehaviour in the House was “unconstitutional, substantively illegal and irrational”, the Supreme Court said Friday that the legislators could not have been suspended beyond the tenure of that session. The BJP hailed the ruling, saying it is a “vindication” of its stand and “a huge setback” for the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi coalition in the state. The bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and C T Ravikumar, ruling on a plea by the suspended MLAs, declared the resolution “non est in the eyes of law” and “ineffective in law, insofar as the period beyond the remainder of the stated Session in which the resolution came to be passed”. “Suffice it to observe that one-year suspension is worse than ‘expulsion’, ‘disqualification’ or ‘resignation’ — insofar as the right of the constituency to be represented before the House/Assembly is concerned. In that, long suspension is bound to affect the rights harsher than expulsion wherein a mid-term election is held within the specified time in terms of Section 151A of the 1951 Act, not later than six months. Thus, the impugned resolution is unreasonable, irrational, and arbitrary and liable to be set aside,” it said. Click here for more Pointing out that suspension is a disciplinary measure, the bench said suspension for a period of one year “would assume the character of punitive and punishment worse than ex...

Maharashtra Political Crisis LIVE Updates: Many MLAs want to come back, claims Sena; rebel camp extends hotel booking in Assam Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Saturday claimed that the rebel Maharashtra ministers in the Eknath Shinde camp will lose their posts "in 24 hours." Earlier in the day, the party's national executive authorised Sena president and state chief minister Uddhav Thackeray to take action against the rebel MLAs led by Shinde, a senior cabinet minister. Talking to a Marathi news channel in the evening, Raut said "the process of their removal is on." Stay with TOI for the latest developments Read Less

Former Maharashtra MLA Ashish Deshmukh on May 25 criticised the Congress for expelling him and said the action showed the party's state unit was in the hands of wrong people. The State Congress recently expelled Mr. Deshmukh from the party for six years over his public statements against the party leadership. The order of expulsion was issued to Mr. Deshmukh by senior Congress leader and Former Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, Chairperson of the State Congress Disciplinary Committee, through a letter dated May 22. Also Read : The letter said the committee discussed Mr. Deshmukh's reply submitted on April 9 to a show-cause notice issued to him over his statement that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi should apologise to the Other Backward Class (OBC) community over his "Modi surname" remarks. Mr. Deshmukh is a former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Katol in Nagpur, who later joined the Congress. In a statement, Mr. Deshmukh said, "The decision to expel me from the party is completely wrong. This action shows that the leadership of the Maharashtra Congress is in the hands of wrong people.""If one statement of Rahulji Gandhi insults the entire OBC community and because of that, members of this community are hurt, then for the sake of Congress party, Rahulji should apologise to the OBCs who form 54 % of India's total population, and end the matter here," he said. Ex-MLA Ashish Deshmukh calls Cong's show-cause notice to him unfortunate, part of 'larger conspiracy' "The Congre...

Mumbai: The Maharashtra assembly's resolution to suspend 12 BJP MLAs for a year for alleged unruly behaviour has been set aside by the Supreme Court. "Suspending the MLAs beyond the sessions is unconstitutional and illegal," the Supreme Court said today. While the rules say suspension can be for the session, the 12 MLAs were suspended for a year beyond the session. The 12 MLAs are Sanjay Kute, Ashish Shelar, Abhimanyu Pawar, Girish Mahajan, Atul Bhatkhalkar, Parag Alavani, Harish Pimpale, Yogesh Sagar, Jay Kumar Rawat, Narayan Kuche, Ram Satpute and Bunty Bhangdia. The motion to suspend the MLAs was moved by state Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anil Parab and passed by a voice vote. Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis had termed the allegation as false, and said Mr Jadhav's account of the incident was "one-sided". "This is a false allegation and an attempt to reduce the numbers of opposition benches, because we exposed the government's falsehood on the OBC (Other Backward Classes) quota in local bodies," Mr Fadnavis had said, adding that BJP members had not abused the presiding officer.

Maharashtra Political Crisis LIVE Updates: Many MLAs want to come back, claims Sena; rebel camp extends hotel booking in Assam Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Saturday claimed that the rebel Maharashtra ministers in the Eknath Shinde camp will lose their posts "in 24 hours." Earlier in the day, the party's national executive authorised Sena president and state chief minister Uddhav Thackeray to take action against the rebel MLAs led by Shinde, a senior cabinet minister. Talking to a Marathi news channel in the evening, Raut said "the process of their removal is on." Stay with TOI for the latest developments Read Less

Former Maharashtra MLA Ashish Deshmukh on May 25 criticised the Congress for expelling him and said the action showed the party's state unit was in the hands of wrong people. The State Congress recently expelled Mr. Deshmukh from the party for six years over his public statements against the party leadership. The order of expulsion was issued to Mr. Deshmukh by senior Congress leader and Former Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, Chairperson of the State Congress Disciplinary Committee, through a letter dated May 22. Also Read : The letter said the committee discussed Mr. Deshmukh's reply submitted on April 9 to a show-cause notice issued to him over his statement that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi should apologise to the Other Backward Class (OBC) community over his "Modi surname" remarks. Mr. Deshmukh is a former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Katol in Nagpur, who later joined the Congress. In a statement, Mr. Deshmukh said, "The decision to expel me from the party is completely wrong. This action shows that the leadership of the Maharashtra Congress is in the hands of wrong people.""If one statement of Rahulji Gandhi insults the entire OBC community and because of that, members of this community are hurt, then for the sake of Congress party, Rahulji should apologise to the OBCs who form 54 % of India's total population, and end the matter here," he said. Ex-MLA Ashish Deshmukh calls Cong's show-cause notice to him unfortunate, part of 'larger conspiracy' "The Congre...