Supreme Court orders Maharashtra floor test on 27 Nov |
The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday directed a floor test in the Maharashtra assembly for Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to prove his majority in the assembly by 5 pm on Wednesday. The apex court also directed Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari to ensure that all elected members of the house are sworn in on Wednesday itself. The entire exercise has to be completed by 5 pm. Earlier, the governor had given Devendra Fadnavis time till December 7 to prove his majority in the house. A bench comprising Justices N V Ramana, Ashok Bhushan and Sanjiv Khanna also said the entire proceedings has to be telecast live. It also said that the voting in the assembly shall not be on the basis of secret ballot. The governor will also appoint a pro-tem speaker who will administer oath to the newly elected members. The special bench had been set up over the weekend to first hear the SOS from the coalition of three parties, Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Party and Congress, on Sunday. It held a longer hearing on Monday. The coalition, Maha Vikas Aghadi, insists that it has the support of 162 lawmakers from the three parties in the 288-member state assembly. Governor Koshyari`s office told the Supreme Court that Fadnavis had come to him with letters to establish support of 170 legislators.
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