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Well, the lack of political morality came in for wholesale condemnation, critics contend that the Supreme court had no option but to intervene to sort out an uncomfortable mess created by the principal players in the sordid drama. Constitutional experts, however, warned that this order of the Supreme court should not be seen as a precedent as it may have serious implications for parliamentary democracy. Kapil Sibal says "9 honourable judges of the Supreme Court said that invariably except in very exceptional circumstances for which the governor must give reasons, the governor must resort to a floor test. But that's a situation where the governor recommends to the president or the central government for superseding or dissolving the house and imposition of President's rule. The fact that we