Hold Karnataka trust vote by 5 pm: SC refuses to hear matter today
New
Delhi,
July
22:
The
Supreme
Court
will
not
hear
a
plea
by
two
Karnataka
MLAs,
which
sought
a
direction
for
the
trust
vote
in
the
legislative
assembly
to
be
held
today.
The
two
independent
MLAs,
H
Nagesh
and
R
Shankar
had
petitioned
the
court
seeking
a
direction
for
the
trust
vote
to
be
held
by
5
pm
today.
After a mention was made by senior advocate, Mukul Rohatgi, the Chief Justice of India, Ranjan Gogoi said that it would be impossible to hear the matter today. The CJI however said that he would see if the matter can be taken up tomorrow.
The MLAs told the court that Kumaraswamy has lost the numbers and is dodging the trust vote.
Two other pleas too have been filed in the Supreme Court by Chief Minister, H D Kumaraswamy and Congress leader, Dinesh Gundu Rao. They have sought clarification on whether the MLAs can remain absent despite a whip being issued.
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The Supreme Court had on July 17 said that the rebel MLAs could not be compelled to come to the assembly. The court had also said that it was up to the Speaker to take any decision he wanted with regard to their resignations.