A division bench of Justices S Kotwal and S Modak, after hearing arguments from both sides, reserved its order on the matter.
Reportedly, newly elected BJP MLA Bharat Gogawale, a close ally of Shinde, revealed that Shinde had conveyed his desire to remain outside the government.
A key meeting of the Mahayuti allies BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP was put off earlier on Friday as Shinde left for his village Dare, delaying the government formation a week after the Maharashtra assembly polls results.
Shinde's camp is lobbying for his continuation as CM, citing the example of Bihar, where the BJP supported Nitish Kumar as Chief Minister despite JD(U) having far fewer seats than the BJP.
CM Shinde’s bags were checked at Palghar Police ground helipad while Athawale's were checked by the poll officers after the minister arrived in Pune by helicopter.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde ridiculed the Opposition’s criticism of EVMs, accusing them of hypocrisy. Speaking in Thane, Shinde said that the Opposition only questions EVMs and the Election Commission when they lose, while praising them when they win. He confidently asserted that the Mahayuti alliance’s development work will secure victory in the upcoming elections.
The Swiss firm submitted bills for the services provided to MIDC during the WEF convention, held from January 15-19.
Bollywood superstar Salman Khan graced Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations with his presence on Sunday. Accompanied by his sister Arpita Khan, Khan's arrival added a touch of glamour to the festive pandal at Shinde's Mumbai residence.
The Maharashtra cabinet sub-committee, led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, has approved a series of substantial investments, totaling Rs 1,20,220 crore, in an attempt to reshape the state's industrial landscape.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has instructed officials to be vigilant and relocate people from areas of risk to safer areas, with the support of the NDRF, SDRF, and the Army if needed, in light of the water release from the Khadakwasla, Mulshi, Pavana, and other dams in the Pune region
He asked officials to coordinate with the Karnataka government on the discharge of water from Almatti Dam in the neighbouring state
Shinde declared broad features of the new scheme, primarily targeting men, at Pandharpur in Solapur district on the occasion of Ashadhi Ekadashi
In recent months, the Opposition has repeatedly cornered Shinde over a string of hit-and-run cases and drug abuse incidents. One of the latest controversies involved a Pune MLA from Ajit Pawar's NCP, accused of interfering in the initial police investigation into a fatal hit-and-run case involving a Porsche car
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, along with Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar, rode a vintage Rolls Royce to mark the formal inauguration of the Dharamveer Swaraj Rakshak Chhatrapati Sambhaji Mumbai Coastal Road
According to the Bandra police station official, the man, identified as Shubam Kumar, who was in the car along with his family members, on Monday followed the CM's convoy at the sea link toll plaza after it entered the VIP lane (which is toll-free) despite an on-duty traffic constable signalling him to stop.
Maharashtra Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The Shiv Sena underwent a split into two factions following a rebellion led by Shinde in 2022, subsequently leading to his appointment as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra
Making a statement in both Houses of the Legislature, Shinde said, as per the decision, if employees opt for the revised pension scheme, they will get 50 per cent of their last salary as pension and dearness allowance, and 60 per cent of this amount as family pension and dearness allowance.
The Maharashtra assembly passed a bill allowing 10 percent reservation for the Maratha community. However, similar attempts in 2014 and 2018 were struck down by the courts because they violated the 50 percent ceiling on reservation.
"The allegations of key projects and institutions leaving Mumbai and Maharashtra are false. The state lost Foxconn-Vedanta project because MVA government didn't help them at all," he said.
Party insiders say Milind Deora was feeling sidelined after he was appointed joint treasurer of AICC and wanted to be a co-treasurer. His exit is the latest among those once considered close to Rahul Gandhi
In his 105-minute-long reading of the key points of the much-awaited ruling on the cross-petitions by Shiv Sena factions seeking disqualification of each other's MLAs following a split in the party in 2022, Narwekar also rejected the Uddhav Thackeray faction's petition to disqualify 16 MLAs of the ruling group, including Shinde.
All eyes will be on the ramifications of the decision which comes just ahead of the Lok Sabha elections and the Assembly elections scheduled in the state later this year.
The stakes are high as an order against the Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led faction could affect the stability of the state government.
Thackeray told reporters here that the affidavit was filed on Monday.
In June 2022, Shinde and several MLAs had rebelled against then chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, leading to a split in the Sena and fall of the Maha Vikas Aghadi, which also comprised the Nationalist Congress Party and the Congress.