The Bombay High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition filed by Shiv Sena (UBT) functionary Sunil Modi, which challenged the withdrawal of a list of 12 MLC nominees submitted to the Maharashtra Governor by the then Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in 2020. The bench, consisting of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Amit Borkar, ruled that the petition was “misconceived” and accordingly dismissed it.

The case revolves around the decision by the Eknath Shinde-led Mahayuti government to retract the recommendations made by the previous Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA government for the 12 nominated seats in the Maharashtra Legislative Council. After the collapse of the MVA government in 2022, the newly-formed cabinet, led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, requested the governor to withdraw the list of nominations that had been submitted earlier. On September 5, 2022, the governor accepted the request, and the list was subsequently returned to the Chief Minister's Office (CMO).