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Justice Kant : Is there a minimum time for floor test? Is there a constitutional bar in holding a fresh floor test?

Singhvi : Yes, floor test cannot be normally held without an interval of 6 months.

Justice Kant : How will the questions become irrelevant?

Singhvi : Suppose the writ petition is dismissed, and Speaker holds them disqualified, how will the Court reverse tomorrow's floor test?

Singhvi : Governor, with due respect to him, cannot short circuit and render irrelevant this Court's proceedings and the eventual proceedings of the Speaker.

Singhvi : Will it not amount to putting the cart before the horse, if voting is allowed to proceed without determining who all are eligible to vote? Everyone knows the Court is seized of the matter.

Singhvi : The size of the pool will depend on whether people have committed the Constitutional sin of defection. If the Court is to dismiss the petition of Eknath Shinde, but everybody has voted tomorrow, and decision on who can vote is dependent on Court's decision on 11th..

Singhvi : It is akin to saying Election Commission holding election saying that the electorate will include dead people or people who have moved out. If it is done without determining if A,B, C D are disqualified, the pool in which the floor test will be held will change.

Singhvi : There is super sonic speed for the floor test.

The floor test determines which Govt represents the will of the people. A floor test is supposed to find out the true majority. True majority will include those eligible to be included.

Singhvi : The letter which tells us about the floor test, it says on June 28, the opposition leader met the Governor, and today morning we received the intimation about the floor test tomorrow. As a matter of fact, 2 NCP MLAs are down with Covid, one Congress MLA is abroad.

Singhvi : I have 7 or 8 points.

Justice Kant : What is the name of your party?

Singhvi : Sunil Prabhu, Writ number...

Bench assembles.

Singhvi starts.