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

CJI DY Chandrachud: Monsoon session was coming. This was all happening in the third week of June. Monsoon session was going to take place. When you place supplementary demands, that's the surest test.

SG Mehta: Otherwise there would be no accountability of the leader.

SG Mehta: The governor's primary responsibility is that a stable government continues. Two, democratically elected leader should continue to enjoy the confidence of the house throughout the tenure.

CJI DY Chandrachud: But that is different. We're not condoning it at all. But we also have to see what about the governors? They must exercise these powers with the greatest circumspection.

CJI DY Chandrachud: In one of our orders, Justice Narasimha and I say it's like a race to the bottom.

CJI DY Chandrachud: We're not condoning it.

SG Mehta: Please don't condone it. This amounts to condoning it.

CJI DY Chandrachud: No, no. We're not condoning it. In fact, we've expressed serious concern about it.

CJI DY Chandrachud: Just the other day, we said to Dr Singhvi in a matter that there has to be some level of constitutional discourse and dialogue which is going down in our country.

CJI DY Chandrachud: All this hyperbole- it's Maharashtra, it's a very highly cultured and developed state. I mean, things are said in politics. Sometimes things are said which are inappropriate- they should never be said.

CJI DY Chandrachud: Governor may actually precipitate the falling of government. That is very very serious for our democracy. This is irrespective of the numbers. It's clear they lost the numbers. 

CJI DY Chandrachud: They have their remedies. They can vote the leader out by saying that the leader is not holding ethos of the party. Can the governor say that I'll ask them to prove now? It's a government which is formed, it's a functional government.