Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar Monday said that the Supreme Court would only step in to intervene in a decision made by the legislature if that decision is found to be unconstitutional or in violation of the law. Narwekar made these comments in response to questions from reporters regarding petitions filed before the Supreme Court seeking the disqualification of Shiv Sena MLAs who had left Uddhav Thackeray's camp in June of the previous year.

Last year, a revolt led by Shiv Sena's Eknath Shinde against the party's leadership resulted in a split within the party and the collapse of the Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government. The breakaway faction, led by Shinde, then formed a new government in alliance with the BJP. Both factions of the Shiv Sena had filed disqualification petitions against each other after Shinde and 39 MLAs broke away from the original party.