The SC paved the way for the BJP-Shinde Sena govt to prove its majority on the floor of the house on Monday, after refusing to hear the Uddhav Thackeray Sena’s plea to stall a special session, which was scheduled to be held on Saturday and Sunday, but was postponed to Sunday and Monday.

The SC said it hadn’t shut its eyes as political developments are unfolding ever since it admitted pleas to scrap the disqualification proceedings against 16 Shinde Sena MLAs, and removal of the deputy speaker who had refused to give the (Shinde) group the status of a separate legislative group. The Apex court will hear all pleas on July 11, the date it had decided while allowing a trust vote for the erstwhile government. Following the SC directive, Thackeray had quit.