Maharashtra political crisis:SC bench of Justices Surya Kant and J B Pardiwala refu
The Supreme Court gave its go ahead for the floor test in Maharashtra Assembly tomorrow as it refused to stay the state Governor’s decision. The Supreme Court bench said, we are not staying tomorrow’s floor test.
The court also issued notice on Shiv Sena Chief Whip Sunil Prabhu’s plea and said that tomorrow’s floor test will be subject to the outcome of the present petition. The court will hear his plea on 11th of next month.
A vacation bench of Justices Surya Kant and J B Pardiwala had earlier in the day reserved the decision on the plea filed by Sunil Prabhu challenging Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari’s direction to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to hold the floor test tomorrow.
The MVA government in Maharashtra is facing a political crisis after a revolt in Shiv Sena. The rebel MLAs led by Eknath Shinde have been camping in Guwahati.
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