The Shiv Sena on Monday moved the Bombay High Court against the nomination of Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) candidate and ex-mayor Kishori Pednekar in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections for allegedly suppressing details about the cases against her, PTI reported.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is the governing civic body for Mumbai.
Susie Shah, a spokesperson for the Shiv Sena faction led by Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, mentioned the petition before a bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad, and sought an urgent hearing.
The bench, however, refused the request, noting that there were only a few days left for the elections. The High Court added that the petition would be taken up after the polls.
The elections for 29 municipal corporations in Maharashtra, including the BMC, will be held in a single phase on Thursday. The results will be declared on January 16.
Pednekar had submitted her nomination form to contest the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections from Ward 199 (Central Mumbai), PTI reported.
In her petition, Shah sought a direction from the court to the returning officer to declare the form submitted by the former mayor as “illegal, invalid and improper”, and to reject it.
She claimed that Pednekar, in her affidavit, had hidden details of five first information reports filed against…
Source: Shinde Sena moves Bombay HC against ex-mayor for ‘suppressing’ FIRs in civic polls nomination form
