Uddhav Thackeray vs Eknath Shinde : Supreme Court Poses Multiple Questions On Governor's Role | Live Updates From Hearing [March 15]

The hearing concludes for the day.

Sibal: There may be no dispute at all. What's the procedure? Go to the ECI. Can the procedure ever be to topple the government?

Sibal: It is correct that this can happen but what is to be done?

Justice Narasimha: But let's say the speaker- when this is placed before him, would he also take into account or merely adjourned the case and ask them to go back to ECI?

Justice Narasimha: What has come out is that 34 have come to this side, this doesn't definitely reflect what happened outside. 

Justice Narasimha: The difficulty arises in the emerging situation- suddenly during the process of existence of legislative assembly, there is this kind of dissent.

Sibal: I will assume that, against me. That can happen in any situation. That is why the whole purpose of constitution only recognising political parties.

CJI DY Chandrachud: Mr Solicitor, towards the latter part, he said that they said in their letter that we wanted to withdraw support from the MVA.

Sibal: He cannot recognise.

Sibal: If he is the Shivsena, where is the loss of confidence? There is no loss of confidence then. What he's doing is, he's recognising 34 people to be a faction and then on that basis he's saying there should be trust vote