Team Uddhav challenges EC order freezing Sena name, symbol in Delhi HC

The petition, filed by Thackeray, challenged the EC's October 8 order, stating that it was passed in complete violation of principles of natural justice and without granting any hearing to the parties.

The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena group on Monday moved the Delhi high court seeking quashing of an order of Election Commission of India (ECI) freezing the party name and election symbol.

File photo of Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray addressing party workers.

The petition, filed by Thackeray, challenged the EC's October 8 order, stating that it was passed in complete violation of principles of natural justice and without granting any hearing to the parties, a PTI report said.

In its order, the ECI barred both the factions from using the party name and its election symbol in the Andheri East assembly bypoll.

The petition has made the polling body and Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde as parties.

Meanwhile, Shinde and Thackeray have both submitted their options for poll symbols with the commission.

While the Thackeray-led faction urged the polling body to finalise one of three symbols - a trident, burning torch, and rising Sun, the camp-headed by Shinde submitted ‘rising sun’, ‘trident’ and ‘mace’ to the Election Commission as its choices for the party symbol.

Aided by the BJP, Shinde had engineered a rebellion in the Sena, leading to the fall of Thackeray's coalition government in June-end. A day later, Shinde was named chief minister of Maharashtra with BJP's Devendra Fadnavis as his deputy.