SC to hear plea on "real" Shiv Sena on September 27

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court said that on September 27 it will consider whether the Election Commision of India (ECI) should proceed to decide which of the two groups - the Uddhav Thackeray faction or the one led by Eknath Shinde - be recognised as the "real" Shiv Sena.

A five-judge constitution bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud said it will hear the application of the Thackeray group seeking to restrain the ECI from deciding the claim raised by CM Shinde for recognition as the official Shiv Sena.

The Eknath Shinde faction broke away from the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena and formed a government in Maharashtra with the BJP after Thackeray resigned from his post of CM, breaking the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition government.