Maharashtra Political Crisis: LIVE UPDATES from Supreme Court

The Supreme Court is set to hear two separate petitions filed by Eknath Shinde group challenging the appointment of Ajay Choudhari as Shiv Sena Legislature Party leader and the disqualification notices issued by the deputy speaker of Maharashtra Assembly to 16 rebel Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs).

While one of the petitions has been filed by Shinde, the other has been filed by the remaining 15 MLAs led by MLA Bharat Gogawale.

The matter is listed before a bench of Justices Surya Kant and JB Pardiwala.

Maharashtra has been embroiled in political turmoil after Shinde along with rebel MLAs left the State and have been camping in Assam's Guwahati for the past few days.

Shinde group has expressed its displeasure with the alliance by Shiv Sena with the Congress and Nationalist Congress Party.

It has claimed that it stands for the cause propounded by founder Balasaheb Thackeray and has named itself ‘Shiv Sena (Balasaheb)'.

Read more about the petition here.

Live updates from the hearing below.