Replug 🔌 — Supreme Court’s take on “Floor Test” ordered by Governor in Shivraj Singh Chouhan & Ors Vs. Speaker, MP assembly is relevant in light of #MaharashtraPoliticalTurmoil. Top Court’s take in 2020 was that it was well within powers of a Governor to call for a Floor Test. 
Replug: Supreme Court had held that where the Governor has reasons to believe that Council of Ministers headed by Chief Minister has “lost the confidence of the house”, constitutional propriety requires that “the issue be resolved by calling for a floor test” [(2020) 17 SCC 1] —
Replug: It was the Supreme Court’s view at that Where MLA’s of ruling party resigned in an expression of “lack of faith” in existing government, convening a floor test is the surest method of assessing the impact of the resignations on collective will of House [(2020) 17 SCC 1]
Replug: Supreme Court has held that Governor is not denuded of power to hold a floor test “where on basis of material available to the governor it becomes evident that issue as to whether the Government commands confidence of the house requires to be assessed basis a floor test”
In April 2020, Justice Chandrachud led bench had upheld Madhya Pradesh Governor's decision asking the then Kamal Nath-led Congress govt to prove majority while relying on the 1994 9-judge SR Bomai verdict 1994 - that governor was right in calling for holding of trust vote".
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