Uddhav Thackeray vs Eknath Shinde : Live Updates From Supreme Court In Shiv Sena Case Hearing [March 16]

Singhvi: When you do an illegal act, the consequence is known to me.

CJI DY Chandrachud: You're frankly accepting the fact that you resigned because the trust vote was going to go against you.

Singhvi: I'm grateful. After I filed the petition, after I made it sub judice, and after I said its completely unknown to law and don't allow it to go on.

CJI DY Chandrachud: So you're saying that Mr Thackeray resigned only because he was called upon by the governor to face the trust vote?

Singhvi: The illegal act of the Governor is a prior pending sub judice challenge before the trust vote.

Singhvi: That is a red herring. I'll come to that.

CJI DY Chandrachud: Look at the intellectual conundrum. It's not that you've been ousted from power as a result of trust vote which was wrongly summoned by government. You chose not to face it.

CJI DY Chandrachud: No, but that would've been a logical thing to do provided that you had lost the trust on floor. Because then clearly you've been ousted from power based on trust vote which is set aside.

Justice Shah: How can the court reinstate the CM who did not even face the floor test?

Singhvi: Your lordships aren't reinstating anyone. Your lordships are restoring status quo ante.

CJI DY Chandrachud: That's like the court being told that you reinstate a government which has resigned.