While India was sleeping, the Honorable court was hearing on Cong-JD(S) plea. The apex court commenced the hearing at 2.11am and ended at 5.28am. A special bench comprising Justices A K Sikri, S A Bobde and Ashok Bhushan has heard all the concerns related to this case. The bench said, “This Court is not passing any order staying the oath-taking ceremony of BS Yeddyurappa. In case, he is given an oath in the meantime, that shall be subject to further orders of this court and final outcome of the writ petition.”
Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi was giving pointers from the side of Congress-JD (S) combine. Attorney General K K Venugopal and senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi opposed the arguments to defer or stay the swearing-in ceremony.
After the hearing, Singhvi said to the press that the Congress-JD (S) combine has the majority in the house with 117 MLAs while the BJP had only 104 seats. Yet, Governor has called them. Is this not unconstitutional?
He further added, “If a Governor passes an order at 9.30 PM and the oath-taking ceremony is at 9.30 AM, I have no option but to make your night black. I am extremely grateful that three judges of the Supreme Court are sitting on the court at 2 AM to hear the matter. It is a victory of democracy irrespective of what is the outcome. The democracy has won.”

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