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Karnataka crisis: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that it can't enforce a time-frame on Karnataka Legislative Assembly Speaker Ramesh Kumar to decide on rebel MLAs' decision. At the same time , the apex court said that rebel MLAs cannot be compelled to attend assembly sessions. Argument took place in Supreme Court on Tuesday on the petition filed by 15 rebel MLAs who urged the apex court to direct assembly speaker Ramesh Kumar to accept thier resignations.
The Supreme Court, on Wednesday said that Karnataka Legislative Assembly Speaker Ramesh Kumar is free to take a call on resignations of the rebel MLAs and that a time-frame cannot be set for him to process the resignations.
The court decision has capped high-voltage arguments on Tuesday during which Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy said the rebel MLAs are "hunting in a pack", alleging their motive is to bring down his government while the dissidents submitted that Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar wants to prop up a government which has lost majority.
Chief Minister Kumaraswamy is due to face a trust vote on Thursday and his government could collapse ahead of it if the resignations of the rebel MLAs are accepted by the Speaker.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said it was not restraining the Speaker from deciding the disqualification but was only asking him to ascertain whether the rebel MLAs voluntarily resigned.
The bench, also comprising Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose, also said the apex court had given a "very high status" to the Speaker while interpreting the anti-defection law decades ago and "probably that needs a re-look after so many years."
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July 17, 2019 6:26 PM (IST)
Karnataka minister D K Shivakumar detained by Mumbai police
Mumbai police detained Karnataka minister D K Shivakumar on Wednesday.
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July 17, 2019 4:48 PM (IST)
Karnataka BJP hails SC verdict on rebel MLAs' plea
A resurgent Bharatiya Janata Party's Karnataka unit on Thursday hailed the Supreme Court verdict on the joint petitions of the Congress-JD-S rebel legislators for directing the Assembly Speaker to decide on their resignations and allowing them to skip the session on Thursday for the trust vote, to be moved by Chief Minister H.D Kumaraswamy.
"We welcome the verdict, which is a victory for democracy and the Constitution. It is better Kumaraswamy resigns forthwith than seek a trust vote in the Assembly when his coalition government has no numbers to prove majority," BJP's state unit president B.S. Yeddyurappa told reporters here.
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July 17, 2019 4:41 PM (IST)
BJP’s National General Secretary P Muralidhar Rao claims that the party is expected to take charge in Karnataka next week
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July 17, 2019 4:00 PM (IST)
Karnataka Congress president Dinesh Gundu Rao condemns Supreme Court verdict
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July 17, 2019 3:58 PM (IST)
15 rebel Karnataka Congress-JD-S MLAs refuse to attend House on trust vote day
Buoyed by the Supreme Court's favourable order on their joint petitions to abstain from the Assembly, 15 Karnataka rebel legislators of the ruling Congress-JD-S allies said on Wednesday they would not attend the session on Thursday (July 18) for the trust vote by beleaguered Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy.
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July 17, 2019 1:51 PM (IST)
Karnataka Crisis: CM Kumaraswamy meets Congress leaders to decide on a strategy ahead
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July 17, 2019 1:39 PM (IST)
Karnataka Crisis: Congress welcomes Supreme Court verdict
Congress' DK Shivakumar said on Wednesday that Supreme Court verdict on Karnataka crisis has given "strength to democratic process".
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July 17, 2019 12:17 PM (IST)
Karnataka crisis: Rebel MLAs say they will not attend Karnataka Assembly
Rebel Congress-JD(S) MLAs, holed up in Mumbai, said that they honoured Supreme Court's decision but there was no question of them being present in the Karnataka Assembly.
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July 17, 2019 11:56 AM (IST)
I will take decision according to the Constitution and the Court, assures Karnataka Assembly Speaker Ramesh Kumar
Karnataka Legislative Assembly Speaker Ramesh Kumar assured everyone that he will decide about resignations of rebel MLAs in accordance with the Indian Constitution and directions of the Supreme Court. Speaker Ramesh Kumar will preside over assembly session which will see a no-confidence motion against Kumaraswamy government.
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July 17, 2019 11:44 AM (IST)
Karnataka Crisis: Kumaraswamy has lost his mandate, says former Karnataka CM Yeddyurappa after Supreme Court decision
Former Karnataka CM Yeddyurappa came down heavily on current CM HD Kumaraswamy after the Supreme Court decision.
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July 17, 2019 11:10 AM (IST)
What Supreme Court has ruled on Karnataka crisis
- There cannot be a specific time-frame for assembly speaker to decide on resignations of rebel MLAs
- Rebel MLAs cannot be compelled to stay present for the trust vote in Karnataka Legislative Assembly
(Points above are paraphrased versions of Supreme Court decision based on news inputs. The exact wording will be amply clear after the official announcement)