Supreme Court hears Goa Congress leader Girish Chodankar's plea over defection of 8 Congress MLAs to the BJP

Bench: CJI Surya Kant, J Joymalya Bagchi and J V Mohana

CJI: Is there any conflict of opinion between HCs? We will admit and list

Order: Post final matter for hearing before 3-judge bench

Sr Adv Mukul Rohatgi: This assembly will also get over. 10th schedule is very clear. When you have a merger...11 MLAs were elected to a party...2/3 went away...law requires that legislative parties merge, there is deemed merger of the political party