Uddhav Thackeray vs Eknath Shinde : Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing In Shiv Sena case [Feb 23]

Singhvi: Even the acts, if my lords go back, the seemingly contentious issue which is not contentious, on 21st and 22nd June, you did not attend the meeting despite being directed to.

Singhvi: Here is a case where both 2(1)(a) and 2(1)(b) are per se- very rare combination. 

Singhvi: On 4th July a trust vote in affirmative for Mr Shinde. So my lords have ample proof.

Singhvi: These 39 odd voted the other way. Each of these acts has been held as direct violation of tenth schedule.

Dr Singhvi: This act was carried out on 30th June which was swearing in with senior members of BJP. 3rd of July, the same trust vote happened at the speaker's election.

Dr Singhvi: Let me answer the question you had put- that had you allowed the vote to have worked itself out you'd have an idea. There are five very interesting answers to it.

Dr Singhvi: I have one request- I'm requesting your lordships to give me 5 mins at 3 pm for an extraordinary mentioning. It's unrelated- nothing to do with this.

CJI DY Chandrachud: If whether there's a difference or not is foreclosed by virtue of the fact that you prevented that difference from emerging...

Singhvi: I'll tell why we didn't foreclose.

CJI DY Chandrachud: We'll come back after lunch.

Hearing to resume at 2 pm.

CJI DY Chandrachud: Today what you're asking for, and we're not saying you're wrong- before a constitutional court does that- set back status quo ante, we must really be in a position to say that there is an arguable outcome which would matter.

Singhvi: Can your lordships proceed on hypothesis?