The Supreme Court directed that the batch of petitions arising from the factional disputes within the Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) be listed for hearing on January 21, 2026, at 11:30 A.M.
A Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi passed the directions after identifying two distinct clusters of cases concerning rival groups within the two political parties, namely Shiv Sena and NCP. Since several legal issues may overlap across both groups, the Court directed that the Shiv Sena matters would be taken up first.
Laying down the time structure for arguments, the Court allotted three hours to the petitioners and two hours to the respondents, leaving it to the parties to distribute the time internally among their arguing counsel. The Bench also directed nodal counsel from both sides to ensure streamlined preparation and filing of convenience compilations. These compilations must be filed one week before the scheduled hearing.
The Court also recorded the withdrawal of Contempt Petition No. 528 of 2024, after counsel for the petitioners chose not to press the matter.
With these directions, the Registry has been instructed to list the entire batch on January 21, 2026, at 11:30 a.m., beginning with the Shiv Sena matters, followed by the NCP disputes.
Appearances
Petitioner- Ms. Devyani Gupta, AOR, Dr. Abhishek Singhvi, Sr. Adv., Mr. Pranjal Agarwal, Adv., Ms. Shweta Surana, Adv., Mr. Amit Bhandari, Adv., Mr. Jatin Patil, Adv., Ms. Reyna, Adv., Mr. Abishek Jebaraj, AOR, Mr. Ravindra Keshavrao Adsure, AOR, Mr. Yash Prashant Sonavane, Adv., Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv., Mr. Devadatt Kamat, Sr. Adv., Mr. Rohit Sharma, Adv., Mr. Sunny Jain, Adv., Mr. Nikhil Purohit, Adv., Mr. Jatin Lalwani, Adv., Mr. Harsh Pandey, Adv., Mr. Revanta Solanki, Adv., Ms. Aprajita Jamwal, Adv., Mr. Nishanth Patil, Adv., Mr. Ajay Desai, Adv., Mr. Hruday Bajentri, Adv., Mr. Raghav Grover, Adv., Mr. Arijit Dey, Adv., Mr. Nishanth Patil, AOR.
Respondent- Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, Sr. Adv., Mr. Balbir Singh, Sr. Adv., Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv., Mr. Abhikalp Pratap Singh, AOR, Mr. Shrirang Verma, Adv., Ms. Devanshi Singh, Adv., Mr. Kartikey, Adv., Mr. Dama Seshadri Naidu, Sr. Adv., Mr. Prateek Kumar, AOR, Mr. Abhinav Thakur, Adv., Mr. Deepak Sharma, Adv., Mr. Devansh Rai, Adv., Mr. Neeraj Kishan Kaul, Sr. Adv., Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, Sr. Adv., Mr. Chirag J Shah, Adv., Mr. Maninder Singh, Sr. Adv., Mr. Utsav Trivedi, Adv. Ms. Manini Roy, Adv., Mr. Piyush Tiwari, Adv., Mr. Arpit Gupta, Adv., Ms. Devanshi Popat, Adv., Ms. Shambhavi Singh, Adv., Mr. Soumya Dutta, Adv., Ms. Ira Mahajan, Adv., M/S. Tas Law, AOR, Mr. Arpit Gupta, AOR, Mr. Divya Pratap Parmar, Adv., Ms. Akansha Agarwal, Adv.
Nodal Counsel:
Uddhav Group: Rohit Sharma
Eknath Group: Chirag Shah
Sharad Pawar Group: Pranjal Agarwal
Ajit Pawar Group: Abhikalp Pratap Singh
