Devendra Fadnavis govt gets 24 hour time from Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Monday gave a breather to the BJP-Ajit Pawar government in Maharashtra as it reserved its order on Governor B.S. Koshyari's decision to invite the BJP to form a government in the state for Tuesday.The top court said the order on Maharashtra will be pronounced on Tuesday at 10:30 a.m.Senior advocate Mukul Rohtagi appearing for the BJP submitted that the Governor had gone with the party with the support of 170 MLAs.Senior lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi also appearing for Congress and NCP said what has been done is a "fraud on democracy".Mehta intervened to Singhvi's submissions, and said, "Twelve signatures were missing when a letter was submitted to the Governor to withdraw Ajit Pawar's authority."