Real 'Sena' battle: 'Sin' of defection should not be rewarded, Uddhav camp tells SC

NEW DELHI: The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) on Thursday told the Supreme Court that constitutional provisions cannot be interpreted in a way that encourages the very conduct the anti-defection law was enacted to prevent. Appearing before a bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant during the fifth day of hearings on the party symbol dispute, senior advocate Kapil Sibal argued that the Constitution should not be read in a manner that rewards defections and weakens democratic safeguards.

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