New Delhi:(Page3 News Network)-The Supreme Court has sought the Election Commission's reply to a plea for derecognition of Shiv Sena and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena as political parties for the alleged hate speeches by their top leaders.A bench of justice R M Lodha and justice A R Dave issued notice to the Election Commission yesterday seeking its stand on petitioner's contention that the hate speeches delivered by MNS chief Raj Thackeray and his cousin and Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray in recent past calls for derecognition of the two parties.
The PIL has named both of them as respondents but the notice was restricted to the Election Commission.
The petitioner while arguing also referred to Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi of Andhra Pradesh.
