new delhi the supreme court thursday directed madhya pradesh assembly speaker n p prajapati to convene a special session tomorrow for conducting the floor test which must conclude by 5 pma bench headed by justice d y chandrachud also ordered video recording and possible live streaming of the assembly proceedings when the kamal nathled congress government undertakes the floor testthe bench also comprising justice hemant gupta directed the police chiefs of madhya pradesh and karnataka to provide security to the 16 rebel congress mlas if they choose to appear in assembly for trust votethe bench also ordered that the assembly will have a single point agenda of the floor test and no hindrance is to be created for anyoneit asked the state assembly secretary to ensure that there is no breach of law and orderearlier in the day the apex court suggested that the speaker should interact with the rebel congress mlas through video link or the court can appoint an observer to allay the fear that the legislators are in captivityhowever the speaker refused to accept the proposalthe bench said it can create conditions to ensure that exercise of volition of the rebel mlas is truly voluntarywe can appoint an observer to bengaluru or some other place so that the rebel mlas can connect with the speaker through video conferencing after which he can decide the bench saidit also asked the speaker whether any inquiry was made on the resignation of the rebel mlas and what decision has he taken on themsenior advocate a m singhvi appearing for the speaker said the day court begins to give timebound direction to the speaker it will be constitutionally problematicthe counsel appearing for governor lalji tandon told the bench that nath was sitting aside in the turn of events and it is the speaker who is leading the political battle in courtthe bench asked all the parties as to how does the decision of a speaker in matters of resignation and disqualification of mlas affect the floor testit said the constitutional principle which emerges is that there is no restraint on trust vote because of resignation or disqualification being pending before the speaker it said therefore the court will have to flip around and see whether the governor acted beyond the powers vested in himduring the hearing the bench said that if the government loses the majority when the assembly was not in session then governor has the power to direct the speaker to summon the assemblywhat happens when the assembly prorogues and the government loses its majority then the governor can call the assembly the bench saidsinghvi said the governor has very limited power with regard to functioning of the assembly and he can only summon prorogue and dissolve the house but he cannot intervene into the functioning of assembly which falls under the purview of the speakerthe governor cannot ask the speaker that you should do this you should not do this it is beyond his power he saidhowever he