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

CJI DY Chandrachud: So according to you we do what? Reinstate? But you resigned.

Singhvi: My resignation is irrelevant.

Singhvi: Everything falls.

CJI DY Chandrachud: Really the question that arises is whether there was a valid exercise of power by the governor to call for a trust vote. What happens if we say there was no valid exercise of power?

Singhvi: Yes and that goes to the heart of the matter.

CJI DY Chandrachud: One way to look at it is that the Governor had material to call for trust vote, in which case you can ask what was the basis for picking Shinde? Second is there was no valid material.

CJI DY Chandrachud: The three steps you told us, in that you can add one more step which is the governor's trust vote communication.

CJI DY Chandrachud: When will governor call for trust vote?

Singhvi: The governor has no role at all. First answer is when the government is about to be formed. Governor will never come in tenth schedule. It's an intra party issue.

Singhvi: But how can you say that because of a mere disagreement I'll topple the government?

Singhvi: Everyone has dissent- every political party. But there are enough in built mechanism to deal with it. Dissent in party can be dealt with on appropriate fora. Or you resign.

Singhvi: The fact that you choose not to exercise an option, doesn't mean that the option doesn't exist. The option exists constitutionally.