<p>Mumbai: In what comes as an embarrassment to the Eknath Shinde-led Maha Yuti government, the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/maharashtra/bombay-hc-strikes-down-amended-it-rules-as-unconstitutional-3199636">Bombay High Court</a> has instated the University of Mumbai to go ahead with the senate election as planned on September 24.</p><p>On Friday night, the Maharashtra government issued a circular postponing the election till further notice.</p><p>This is for the second time in 13 months that the senate elections were postponed. </p><p>The <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/uddhav-thackeray">Uddhav Thackeray</a>-led Shiv Sena (UBT) has slammed the state government for refusing to hold the senate polls. On Saturday, a special hearing was convened on a petition by election candidates Milind Satam, Shashikant Zore, and Pradeep Sawant, challenging the postponement.</p><p>A division bench of Justices A S Chandurkar and Rajesh Patil stayed the government's circular, which had delayed the election indefinitely.</p><p>The court declared that the halted election would proceed as planned, with a detailed order to follow. </p><p>The next hearing is set for September 26.</p><p>Meanwhile, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and Worli MLA Aaditya Thackeray, who also heads the Yuva Sena, said: “The cancellation of the Mumbai University Senate election only shows how scared the BJP and Shinde are of the Yuva Sena.” </p><p>“This is the farce for the world to see- what they have done to democracy now. They fear elections, and they talk of One Nation, One Poll,” he said. </p><p>“The University of Mumbai is an autonomous institution; how can the government intervene? When MVA returns to power, our government will investigate the role of the vice-chancellor as he has stalled elections two times,” he said.</p>
<p>Mumbai: In what comes as an embarrassment to the Eknath Shinde-led Maha Yuti government, the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/maharashtra/bombay-hc-strikes-down-amended-it-rules-as-unconstitutional-3199636">Bombay High Court</a> has instated the University of Mumbai to go ahead with the senate election as planned on September 24.</p><p>On Friday night, the Maharashtra government issued a circular postponing the election till further notice.</p><p>This is for the second time in 13 months that the senate elections were postponed. </p><p>The <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/uddhav-thackeray">Uddhav Thackeray</a>-led Shiv Sena (UBT) has slammed the state government for refusing to hold the senate polls. On Saturday, a special hearing was convened on a petition by election candidates Milind Satam, Shashikant Zore, and Pradeep Sawant, challenging the postponement.</p><p>A division bench of Justices A S Chandurkar and Rajesh Patil stayed the government's circular, which had delayed the election indefinitely.</p><p>The court declared that the halted election would proceed as planned, with a detailed order to follow. </p><p>The next hearing is set for September 26.</p><p>Meanwhile, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and Worli MLA Aaditya Thackeray, who also heads the Yuva Sena, said: “The cancellation of the Mumbai University Senate election only shows how scared the BJP and Shinde are of the Yuva Sena.” </p><p>“This is the farce for the world to see- what they have done to democracy now. They fear elections, and they talk of One Nation, One Poll,” he said. </p><p>“The University of Mumbai is an autonomous institution; how can the government intervene? When MVA returns to power, our government will investigate the role of the vice-chancellor as he has stalled elections two times,” he said.</p>