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2023 Supreme(SC) 885

KRISHNA MURARI, HIMA KOHLI, PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA
Subhash Desai – Appellant
Versus
Principal Secretary, Governor of Maharashtra – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Devdatt Kamat, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Amit Anand Tiwari, Advocate, Mr. Rohit Sharma, Advocate, Mr. Rajesh Inamdar, Advocate, Mr. Javedur Rahman, Advocate, Mr. Nizam Pasha, Advocate, Mr. Anish R. Shah, Advocate, Mr. Harsh Pandey, Advocate, Mr. Revanta Solanki, Advocate, Mr. Amit Bhandari, Advocate, Mr. Sunny Jain, Advocate, Mr. Nishant Patil, Advocate, Ms. Devyani Gupta, Advocate, Ms. Tanvi Anand, Advocate, Ms. Aparajita Jamwal, Advocate, Mr. Harish Salve, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Mahesh Jethmalani, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Neeraj Kishan Kaul, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Maninder Singh, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Siddharth Bhatnagar, Sr. Advocate, Ms. Malvika Trivedi, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Chirag J Shah, Advocate, Mr. Utsav Trivedi, Advocate, Mr. Ravi Sharma, Advocate, Mr. Nihar Thackeray, Advocate, Mr. Himanshu Sachdeva, Advocate, Ms. Manini Roy, Advocate, Ms. Shivani Bhushan, Advocate, Ms. Mugdha Pande, Advocate, Mr. Ajay Awasthi, Advocate, Mr. Piyush Tiwari, Advocate, Ms. Srishti Kumar, Advocate, Mr. Kumar Sumit, Advocate, Ms. Kanjani Sharma, Advocate, Ms. Chaitali, Advocate, Mr. Wedo Khalo, Advocate, Mr. Aditya Sidhra, Advocate, Ms. Prachita Kar, Advocate, Mr. Nadeem Afroz, Advocate, Mr. Prabhash Bajaj, Advocate, Mr. Navneet R., Advocate, Ms. Sujal Gupta, Advocate, M/s. TAS LawMr. Neeraj Kishan Kaul, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Maninder Singh, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Siddharth Bhatnagar, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Abhikalp Pratap Singh, Advocate, Mr. Abhay Anturkar, Advocate, Mr. Prbhas Bajaj, Advocate, Mr. Dhruv Sharma, Advocate, Ms. Ira Mahajan, Advocate, Mr. Ramchandra Madan, Advocate, Mr. Toshiv Goyal, Advocate, Mr. Raghav Agrawal, Advocate, Ms. Shreya Saxena, Advocate, Ms. Yamini Singh, Advocate, Ms. Pritha Suri, Advocate, Ms. Vijetha Ravi, Advocate, Mr. Ajay Sabharwal, Advocate, Mr. Rangasaran Mohan, Advocate, Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Advocate, WPC 470/2022 & Mr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Sr. Advocate, WPC 538/2022; Mr. Devadatt Kamat, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Rohit Sharma, Advocate, Mr. Amit Anand Tiwari, Advocate, Mr. Javedur Rahman, Advocate, Mr. Rajesh Inamdar, Advocate, Mr. Sunny Jain, Advocate, Mr. Amit Bhandari, Advocate, Mr. Nizam Pasha, Advocate, Mr. Harsh Pandey, Advocate, Mr. Revanta Solanki, Advocate, Ms. Aparajita Jamwal, Advocate, Mr. Nikhil Purohit, Advocate, Mr. Ashok Kumar, Advocate, Ms. Devyani Gupta, Advocate, Ms. Tanvi Anand, Advocate, Mr. Siddharth Seem, Advocate, Mr. L. Nidhiram Sharma, Advocate, Mr. Aman Sharma, Advocate, Mr. Ashima Chauhan Singh, Advocate, Mr. Mudassir, Advocate, for the Appellant; Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG, Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Advocate, Mr. Padmesh Mishra, Advocate, Mr. Digvijay Dam, Advocate, Mr. Madhav Sinhal, Advocate, Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, Advocate, Mr. Kartikay Aggarwal, Advocate, Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, Advocate, Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Advocate, Mr. Bharat Bagla, Advocate, Mr. Sourav Singh, Advocate, Mr. Harish Salve, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Mahesh Jethmalani, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Neeraj Kishan Kaul, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Maninder Singh, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Siddharth Bhatnagar, Sr. Advocate, Ms. Malvika Trivedi, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Chirag J Shah, Advocate, Mr. Utsav Trivedi, Advocate, Mr. Ravi Sharma, Advocate, Mr. Himanshu Sachdeva, Advocate, Ms. Manini Roy, Advocate, Mr. Nihar Thackeray, Advocate, Ms. Shivani Bhushan, Advocate, Mr. Piyush Tiwari, Advocate, Ms. Mugdha Pande, Advocate, Mr. Ajay Awasthi, Advocate, Ms. Srishti Kumar, Advocate, Mr. Kumar Sumit, Advocate, Ms. Kanjani Sharma, Advocate, Ms. Chaitali Jugran, Advocate, Mr. Prabhas Bajaj, Advocate, Mr. Navneet R, Advocate, Ms. Ira Mahajan, Advocate, Mr. Dhruv Sharma, Advocate, Mr. Wedo Khalo, Advocate, Mr. Anjani Kumar Rai, Advocate, Mr. Adita Sidhra, Advocate, Ms. Prachita Kar, Advocate, Mr. Nadeem Afroz, Advocate, Ms. Sujal Gupta, Advocate, Mr. Biswaksen Panda, Advocate, M/s. TAS Law WPC 493/2022; Mr. Ankit Yadav, Advocate, Ms. Prakriti Rastogi, Advocate, WPC 493/2022, Mr. Neeraj Kishan Kaul, Sr. Advocate, WPC 479/2022 & Mr. Maninder Singh, Sr. Advocate, WPC 538/2022; Mr. Siddharth Bhatnagar, Advocate, Mr. Siddharth Bhatnagar, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Abhikalp Pratap Singh, Advocate, Mr. Abhay Anturkar, Advocate, Mr. Prabhas Bajaj, Advocate, Mr. Dhruv Sharma, Advocate, Ms. Ira Mahajan, Advocate, Mr. Ramchandra Madan, Advocate, Mr. Toshiv Goyal, Advocate, Mr. Raghav Agrawal, Advocate, Ms. Shreya Saxena, Advocate, Ms. Yamini Singh, Advocate, Ms. Pritha Suri, Advocate, Ms. Vijetha Ravi, Advocate, Mr. Ajay Sabharwal, Advocate, Mr. Rangasaran Mohan, Advocate, Mr. Pai Amit, Advocate, WPC 469/2022 & Mr. Abhiyudaya Vats, Advocate, WPC 468/2022; Ms. Pankhuri Bhardwaj, Advocate, Ms. Bhavana Duhoon, Advocate, Ms. Ranu Purohit, Advocate, WPC 469/2022; Ms. Rukhmini Bobde, Advocate, Ms. Astha Prasad, Advocate, Ms. Trishala Trivedi, Advocate, Mr. Ajit Pravin Wagh, Advocate, Mr. Ankit Ambasta, Advocate, Ms. Prachi Thakur, Advocate, Ms. Neeta Sanjay Savale, Advocate, WPC 469/2022; Mr. Javedur Rahman, Advocate, WPC 468/2022 WPC 469/2022; Mr. Kailash Prashad Pandey, Advocate, Mr. Mahendra Kawchale, Advocate, Mr. Vijay Pal, Advocate, Mr. Pramod Kumar Singh, Advocate, Mr. Kundal Lal, Advocate, Mr. Anil Kumar, Advocate, Mr. Umang Tripathi, Advocate, Mr. Deepankar, Advocate, Mr. Vinay Kumar Aherodiya, Advocate, Ms. Kajal Kumari, Advocate, Mr. Mahendra Kumar, Advocate, Ms. Sundri, Advocate, Mr. Om Prakash, Advocate, Mr. Shiv Kumar Golwalkar, Advocate, Mr. Asim Sarode, Advocate, Ms. Shriya Awale, Advocate, Mr. Pradeep Kumar Gupta, Advocate, Mr. Ashok Kumar Gupta Ii, Advocate, Ms. Smita Singalkar, Advocate, WPC 479/2022; Dr. A.P. Singh, Advocate, Mr. V.P. Singh, Advocate, Ms. Richa Singh, Advocate, Ms. Geeta Chauhan, Advocate, Ms. Pratima Rani, Advocate, Mr. Sharwan Kumar Goyal, Advocate, Mr. Sadashiv, Advocate, WPC 470/2022; Mr. T.R. B. Sivakumar, Advocate, WPC 470/2022; Mr. Raj Singh Rana, Advocate, Dr. Gunratan Sadavate, Advocate, Mr. Pankaj Kumar Singh, Advocate, Mr. Pawan Kumar Shukla, Advocate, Mr. S.C. Tripathi, Advocate, Mr. Gaurav Belsare, Advocate for the Respondent.

ORDER

1. During the course of the hearing, a preliminary submission has been made before the Court to the effect that the decision in Nabam Rebia and Bamang Felix Vs Deputy Speaker, Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly, (2016) 8 SCC 1, requires reconsideration by a Bench of seven Judges.

2. Mr Kapil Sibal, Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Mr Devadatt Kamat, learned Senior Counsel seek a reference to a larger Bench. The submission has been opposed by Mr Harish Salve, Mr Neeraj Kishan Kaul, Mr Mahesh Jethmalani, Mr Maninder Singh and Mr Siddharth Bhatnagar, learned Senior Counsel appearing for the other side. Mr Tushar Mehta, learned Solicitor General, appeared on behalf of the Governor of the State of Maharashtra.

3. Arguments have been concluded on the issue as to whether a reference should be made on the correctness of the decision in Nabam Rebia (supra) to a Bench of seven Judges.

4. In Nabam Rebia (supra), three judgments were delivered for the Constitution Bench, by Justice J S Khehar, Justice Dipak Misra (as the learned Chief Justices then were) and by Justice Madan B Lokur.

5. The opinions of Justice J S Khehar and Justice Dipak Misra hold that the Speaker should desist from conside

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