By stipulating a timeline for the Speaker to rule on defection petitions, the Court went beyond ‘Shiv Sena’. Could it have gone further?

With the application of defection law being unclear, the SC will decide whether the case needs to be heard by a larger Bench.

Court holds that a candidate undergoing a criminal trial can still contest in elections.

Election candidates can only be disqualified upon conviction and not upon the framing of criminal charges.