Floor of house only way to settle issues of democracy: SC

June 29, 2022 18:00

Update: Shiv Sena chief whip Sunil Prabhu Wednesday challenged in the Supreme Court the Maharashtra Governor's direction to the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government to take a floor test in the Assembly on Thursday, saying the order to conduct a floor test in a supersonic speed amounts to putting the cart before the horse.

Senior advocate A M Singhvi, appearing for Prabhu, told a vacation bench of Justices Surya Kant and J B Pardiwala that two MLAs of the NCP are down with COVID-19 while two MLAs of the Congress are abroad and they are asked to participate in the floor test on Thursday.

Singhvi argued that allowing floor tests would mean making Tenth Schedule a dead letter. The bench observed that the Tenth schedule is one of the robust provisions and the court should strengthen it. The hearing in the matter is underway.

The court said, "Our understanding is that floor of the house is the only way to settle these issues of democracy."

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