Advocates appeared:
For the Petitioner(s): Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv. Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Devadatt Kamat, Sr. Adv. Mr. Amit Anand Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Rohit Sharma, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Inamdar, Adv. Mr. Javedur Rahman, Adv. Mr. Nizam Pasha, Adv. Mr. Anish R. Shah, AOR Mr. Harsh Pandey, Adv. Mr. Revanta Solanki, Adv. Mr. Amit Bhandari, Adv. Mr. Sunny Jain, Adv. Mr. Nishant Patil, Adv. Ms. Devyani Gupta, Adv. Ms. Tanvi Anand, Adv. Ms. Aprajita Jamwal, Adv. Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Nishant Patil, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Devadatt Kamat, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rohit Sharma, Adv. Mr. Amit Anand Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Javedur Rahman, AOR Mr. Rajesh Inamdar, Adv. Mr. Sunny Jain, Adv. Mr. Dharmendra Mishra, Adv. Mr. Amit Bhandari, Adv. Mr. Nizam Pasha, Adv. Mr. Harsh Pandey, Adv. Mr. Revanta Solanki, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Kaushik, Adv. Ms. Aparajita Jamwal, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Purohit, Adv. Mr. Ashok Kumar, Adv. Ms. Devyani Gupta, Adv. Ms. Tanvi Anand, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Seem, Adv. Mr. L. Nidhiram Sharma, Adv. Mr. Aman Sharma, Adv. Mr. Ashima Chauhan Singh, Adv. Mr. Mudassir, Adv. Mr. Neeraj Kishan Kaul, Sr. Adv. Mr. Maninder Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Siddharth Bhatnagar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Abhikalp Pratap Singh, AOR Mr. Abhay Anturkar, Adv. Mr. Parbhas Bajaj, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Sharma, Adv. Ms. Ira Mahajan, Adv. Mr. Raghav Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Toshiv Goyal, Adv. Ms. Manmeet Kaur Sareen, Adv. Mr. Navneet R, Adv. Ms. Shreya Saxena, Adv. Ms. Yamini Singh, Adv. Ms. Pritha Suri, Adv. Mr. Rangsar An Mohan, Adv. Mr. Ramchandr Madan, Adv. Ms. Vijetha Ravi, Adv. Mr. Ajay Sabharwal, Adv. Mr. Harish Salve, Sr. Adv. Mr. Neeraj Kishan Kaul, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mahesh Jethmalani, Sr. Adv. Mr. Maninder Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Siddharth Bhatnagar, Sr. Adv. Ms. Malvika Trivedi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Chirag J Shah, Adv. Mr. Utsav Trivedi, Adv. Mr. Ravi Sharma, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Sachdeva, Adv. Ms. Manini Roy, Adv. Ms. Shivani Bhushan, Adv. Mr. Piyush Tiwari, Adv. Ms. Chaitali Jugran, Adv. Ms. Kanjani Sharma, Adv. Mr. Nihar Thackeray, Adv. Ms. Mugdha Pande, Adv. Mr. Ajay Awasthi, Adv. Mr. Prabhash Bajaj, Adv. Ms. Ira Mahajan, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Sharma, Adv. Mr. Navneet R, Adv. Ms. Srishti Kumar, Adv. Mr. Kumar Sumit, Adv. Mr. Raghav Agarwal, Adv. Ms. Pracheta Kar, Adv. Mr. Aditya Sidhra, Adv. Mr. Nadeem Afroz, Adv. Ms. Sujal Gupta, Adv. Mr. Wedo Khalo, Adv. Mr. Biswaksen Panda, Adv. M/s. Tas Law
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Pai Amit, AOR Ms. Pankhuri Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Abhiyudaya Vats, Adv. Ms. Ranu Purohit, Adv. Ms. Bhavana Duhoon, Adv. Ms. Astha Prasad, AOR Ms. Rukhmini Bobde, Adv. Ms. Trishala Trivedi, Adv. Mr. Ankit Ambasta, Adv. Mr. Chirag Gupta, Adv. Mr. Ajit Pravin Wagh, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv. Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv. Mr. Neeraj Kishan Kaul, Sr. Adv. Mr. Maninder Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Siddharth Bhatnagar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Abhikalp Pratap Singh, AOR Mr. Abhay Anturkar, Adv. Mr. Prabhas Bajaj, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Sharma, Adv. Ms. Ira Mahajan, Adv. Mr. Raghav Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Toshiv Goyal, Adv. Ms. Manmeet Kaur Sareen, Adv. Ms. Manmeet Kaur, Adv. Mr. Navneet R, Adv. Mr. Shreya Saxena, Adv. Ms. Shreya Saxena, Adv. Ms. Yamini Singh, Adv. Ms. Pritha Suri, Adv. Mr. Rangsaran Mohan, Adv. Mr. Ramchandran Madan, Adv. Mr. Ramchandra Madan, Adv. Ms. Vijetha Ravi, Adv. Mr. Ajay Sabharwal, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Tank, Adv. Mr. Harish Salve, Sr. Adv. Mr. Neeraj Kishan Kaul, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mahesh Jethmalani, Sr. Adv. Mr. Maninder Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Siddharth Bhatnagar, Sr. Adv. Ms. Malvika Trivedi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Chirag J Shah, Adv. Mr. Utsav Trivedi, Adv. Mr. Ravi Sharma, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Sachdeva, Adv. Ms. Manini Roy, Adv. Ms. Shivani Bhushan, Adv. Mr. Nihar Thackeray, Adv. Mr. Piyush Tiwari, Adv. Ms. Ira Mahajan, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Sharma, Adv. Mr. Raghav Agarwal, Adv. Ms. Mugdha Pande, Adv. Mr. Ajay Awasthi, Adv. Mr. Prabhash Bajaj, Adv. Mr. Navneet R, Adv. Ms. Srishti Kumar, Adv. Mr. Kumar Sumit, Adv. Ms. Chaitali Jugran, Adv. Ms. Kanjani Sharma, Adv. Ms. Pracheta Kar, Adv. Mr. Aditya Sidhra, Adv. Mr. Nadeem Afroz, Adv. Ms. Sujal Gupta, Adv. Mr. Wedo Khalo, Adv. Mr. Biswaksen Panda, Adv. M/s. Tas Law Mr. Javedur Rahman, AOR Mr. Ankit Yadav, AOR Ms. Prakriti Rastogi, Adv. Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG Mr. K.M. Nataraj, ASG Mr. Kanu Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mr. Anirudh Bhat, Adv. Mr. Akshit Pradhan, Adv. Mr. Shreeyash U Lalit, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Gour Narula, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. T. R. B. Sivakumar, AOR Mr. Shreyas Gacche, Adv. Mr. Rajsaheb Patil, Adv. Mr. Supriya Wankhede, Adv. Mr. Sudarshan Kute, Adv. Mr. Ashok Kumar Gupta Ii, AOR Mr. Kailash Prashad Pandey, AOR Mr. Mahendra Kawchale, Adv. Mr. Vijay Pal, Adv. Mr. Pramod Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Anil Kumar, Adv. Mr. Umang Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Deepankar, Adv. Ms. Rekha Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Karunesh Kumar Shukla, Adv. Mr. Amit Garg, Adv. Mr. Firasat Ali Siddiqi, Adv. Mr. Kundan Lal Gupta, Adv. Mr. Vimal Kishore Rastogi, Adv. Dr. A.P. Singh, Adv. Mr. V.P. Singh, Adv. Mrs. Richa Singh, Adv. Mrs. Geeta Chauhan, Adv. Mr. Sadashiv, AOR Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv. Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv. Mr. Pankaj Kuma Singh, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Verma, Adv. Mr. Pawan Kumar Shukla, Adv. Mr. Kamal Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mr. S.C. Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Belsare, Adv. Mr. Manindra Dubey, Adv. Mr. Raj Singh Rana, AOR Mrs. Pragya Verma, Adv.

What is the scope of the Supreme Court's power to decide disqualification petitions under the Tenth Schedule at the first instance? What is the proper forum and sequence for adjudicating disqualification petitions versus proceedings under the Symbols Order (Paragraph 15) and floor- testing/governor’s actions? How does the deletion of Paragraph 3 of the Tenth Schedule affect the availability of the ‘split’ defence and the role of the Speaker in determining the political party for disqualification purposes?

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What is the scope of the Supreme Court's power to decide disqualification petitions under the Tenth Schedule at the first instance?

What is the proper forum and sequence for adjudicating disqualification petitions versus proceedings under the Symbols Order (Paragraph 15) and floor- testing/governor’s actions?

How does the deletion of Paragraph 3 of the Tenth Schedule affect the availability of the ‘split’ defence and the role of the Speaker in determining the political party for disqualification purposes?