Maharashtra Politics- Shiv Sena Vs Shiv Sena- Supreme Court Hearing- LIVE UPDATES

Salve : Till we have Speaker decide I have given up membership, the question of demolishing my defences will not arise. Why raise ghosts and start slaying them? We are not arguing any split or merger. Our argument is simple, we have not given up membership.

CJI : If tomorrow disqualification petition is filed before Speaker, and 4 or 5 people send a notice against Speaker saying Speaker can't decide....

Salve : I am not venturing into those issue, in Nabam Rebia Court considered those concerns.

Salve : I am taking the petition head on and I am saying as a matter of fact or law I have not given up party membership and somebody has to decide that. Inviting the Court to decide saying someone doesn't trust Speaker is not something precedents support.

Salve : I am taking the petition head on and I am saying as a matter of fact or law I have not given up party membership and somebody has to decide that. Inviting the Court to decide saying someone doesn't trust Speaker is not something precedents support.

CJI : Rightly or wrongly we granted some relief and now you come and say that we can't decide?

CJI : In normal administrative matters what we do, let the person decide and you challenge.

CJI : Rightly or wrongly we granted some relief and now you come and say that we can't decide?

CJI : Let us decide the issue, after the Speaker's decision you can challenge.

Salve : The reason we came here was Speaker cannot decide as there is a resolution seeking his removal.

Kaul : The reason we came here there was serious issue of threat. Protection was given here.

CJI : Nabam Rebia was decision of 2016. In Karnataka judgment we considered that and said High Court has to be approached first.

Sr Adv Neeraj Kishan Kaul for Shinde group : Your lordships are asked to bypass all other constitutional bodies.

CJI : You came here first. And the entertaining of that petitin was contrary to Karnataka judgment where we said High Court has to be approached first.

Salve : The starting point is has anybody left the membership. I am not saying there is any advantage by ten days.