In a blow to the Uddhav Thackeray faction, the Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to stay the Election Commission’s decision to allot the Shiv Sena party name and symbol to the Eknath Shinde-led group, recognising it as the real Shiv Sena based on its strength in the Lok Sabha and the Maharashtra assembly. A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala, declined to restrain the Shinde group from taking over the assets and bank accounts of the Shiv Sena.