The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a floor test on November 27 to determine the strength of the BJP-led Maharashtra government,which an opposition alliance says does not command majority support.The floor test will have to be held by 5 pm, and a pro-tem speaker will swear in the newly-elected lawmakers.The court said a detailed hearing on constitutional issues would be held after six weeks. Supreme Court orders Floor Test in the Maharashtra assembly to be held on November 27 before 5 pm. The proceedings shall be live telecast.

The Supreme Court's decision will be seen as a win for the Shiv Sena, the Nationalist Congress Party and the Congress, the three membersof the opposition alliance.On Saturday, India woke up to the news that a BJP-led government had been sworn in in Maharashtra, where three rival parties-- the Shiv Sena, the NCP and the Congress -- had been working for days to forma governing alliance.Not only was Devendra Fadnavis back as chief minister, butNCP leader Ajit Pawar stunned nearly everyone by joining the BJP leader as hisdeputy.The alliance has responded not only by going to the Supreme Court, butalso by parading its MLAs (it said there were 162, more than it needs to form agovernment) at a plush hotel in Mumbai on Monday.