Senior advocates Harish Salve and NK Kaul, representing the faction of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, opposed sending it to a larger bench. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing on behalf of the Governor of Maharashtra, also opposed it. A five-judge constitution bench had in 2016 ruled in the case of Nabam Rebia of Arunachal Pradesh that if a notice for the removal of the Speaker is already pending in the House, it can act to disqualify MLAs. Cannot process the given request.

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