Supreme Court to give it’s verdict on Sena-Cong-NCP plea over floor test in Maharashtra today

The Supreme
Court is on Tuesday expected to give its verdict on holding a floor test that
will decide the fate of the two-day-old Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led
government in Maharashtra.

The Shiv
Sena, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Congress, who filed the
petition on Saturday challenging Maharashtra Governor BS Koshyari’s decision to
invite Devendra Fadnavis to form the state government, on Monday evening
claimed to have the numbers in an remarkable show of strength.

Legislators
from the three opposition parties publicly pledged their support to their
Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi front at a Mumbai hotel as senior leaders claimed the
support of 162 MLAs, well above the halfway mark of 145 in the 288-member
assembly.

The
three-judge bench of justice NV Ramana, justice Ashok Bhushan and justice
Sanjiv Khanna heard the petition filed by the Sena, NCP and Congress looking
directions to Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari to hold an immediate
floor test for the second day on Monday.

The
three-party alliance is relying on five judgments delivered in the last two
decades by the top court to secure an order for a floor test within 24 hours in
the Maharashtra assembly.