New Delhi, Feb. 20 -- The Supreme Court on Monday directed that the Election Commission (EC)'s order allotting the name of 'Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar' for the faction led by Sharad Pawar will continue till further orders, even as it sought a response from the group led by his nephew, Ajit Pawar, on a petition against the poll body's recognition of his faction as the real NCP.
"We would like to examine the matter," a bench of justices Surya Kant and KV Viswanathan said while hearing a petition filed by Sharad Pawar against the poll panel's order that gave the NCP name and symbol to the faction led by Ajit Pawar and recognised it as the "real" NCP based on its numerical strength in legislature.
The appeal has questioned...