A Supreme court bench headed by Justice NV Ramana and comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan and Sanjiv Khanna assembled on Sunday morning for an urgent hearing on the political crisis in Maharashtra.

Following the swearing in of Devendra Fadnavis as chief minister of Maharashtra and that of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar as his deputy, the prospective ally parties of Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress, which were trying to form the government in Maharashtra, had approached the court accusing Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari of partisanship and making a "mockery of the high office of the governor." The SC has asked two letters to be placed on record: One by the governor inviting Fadnavis to form the government, as well as the communication of the BJP leader staking his claim.