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MP Floor Test: Supreme Court refuses to interfere, cites constitutional duties

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The Supreme Court today refused to interfere in the proceedings of MP floor test while hearing the petitions filed by Bharatiya Janata Party seeking the trust vote in Madhya Pradesh and the Congress which had opposed it. The bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and Hemant Gupta said the MLAs can’t be held captive, adding that it knows they can “tilt the balance one way or the other”. The court also cited constitutional duties.