Supreme Court of India (Representative Image) (Sonu Mehta/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)10.45 am, 26 November - SC also orders live telecast of all assembly proceedings.
10.44 am, 26 November - During the floor test, The MLAs will vote through open ballot and not through secret ballot, says a bench of Justices N V Ramana, Ashok Bhushan and Sanjiv Khanna.
10.41 am, 26 November - The floor test will be conducted by Pro-tem Speaker after he administers oath to MLAs.
10.40 am, 26 November - No secret ballot to be used for the trust vote in Maharashtra Assembly, as per the SC order.
10.38 am, 26 November - SC orders floor test tomorrow (27 November) before 5.00 pm in Maharashtra State Assembly.
10.36 am, 26 November - Justice N V Ramana to read out the judgement.
10.35 am, 26 November - Judges N V Ramana, Ashok Bhushan and Sanjiv Khanna arrive at the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court on Monday (25 November) had reserved its decision on the joint petition filed by Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Party, and Congress Party seeking immediate floor test in Maharashtra State Assembly.
The court will pronounce its order today (26 November) at 10.30 am as counsels appearing for all sides finished their arguments before the bench comprising Justices N V Ramana, Ashok Bhushan and Sanjiv Khanna.
While senior Counsel Kapil Sibal and Abhishek Manu Singhvi had appeared for Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta presented the case for Maharashtra Raj Bhavan and Mukul Rohatgi appeared for Maharashtra BJP.
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