As the Supreme Court's December 31 deadline for the disqualification of 16 Shiv Sena MLAs approaches, the hearing process has been accelerated, with Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA and party's chief whip in the legislative Assembly Sunil Prabhu being cross-examined for the second day in a row in connection with the disqualification pleas on Wednesday, reported the ANI.

The Supreme Court last month directed Maharashtra assembly speaker Rahul Narwekar to give the judgment on disqualification of rebel Sena MLAs by December 31.