The Supreme Court on Wednesday (November 12, 2025) fixed January 21 for hearing pleas filed by the Uddhav Thackeray-led faction of the Shiv Sena against the Election Commission's order allotting the 'bow and arrow' symbol to Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led faction.
A Bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi said that it will start hearing arguments from January 21 on the Shiv Sena symbol dispute. The Bench will then hear arguments on a similar dispute concerning the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on January 22, as there are several overlapping issues involved in both matters, it said.
Symbol row: focus on local body polls, SC tells Shiv Sena (UBT)
The top court also fixed three hours for hearing arguments from each faction of the political parties.
Senior advocate Devadatt Kamat, appearing for Udhav faction, said that matters require urgent hearing as there are local body polls in the State. Justice Kant said political parties are always in election mode in India as they are contesting national elections, State polls or even local body polls.
