Maharashtra Political Crisis: Uddhav Thackeray Can’t be Restored as CM, Ruled SC

NEW DELHI: On Thursday, the Supreme Court passed two major decisions: one regarding the political crisis in Maharashtra and another on the power tussle between the Delhi government and the Centre. In Maharashtra, the court stated that because Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray resigned without a floor test, it was not possible to re-establish the Maha Vikas Aghadi administration. In Delhi, the court favored the state government's authority over services and jurisdiction.

The Supreme Court today held that the Maharashtra Governor had no basis for doing so in demanding upon then Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to prove a majority in the Assembly on June 30 last year but refused to impose status quo ante, noting he did not face the floor test and resigned.

A five-judge Constitution bench led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud found that the House speaker's choice to name Bharat Gogawale of the Eknath Shinde faction as the Shiv Sena whip was "illegal" in a unanimous ruling on a number of claims pertaining to the political crisis that resulted in the fall of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government led by Uddhav Thackeray.

I won't talk about what Supreme Court said about the then-Maharashtra Governor, but I would say that he acted as per the situation at the time. What if the floor test had happened and their (MVA) government had failed it?: Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde reacted after the judgment. 

“The Supreme Court said if I had not resigned, I might have become the CM again. However, I'm not fighting for myself but for the people and the state,” said Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray.

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