A bench comprising justices A K Sikri, S A Bobde and Ashok Bhushan passed the order after recording the statement of Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that there will be live telecast of the proceedings.
Karnataka Assembly Election Floor Test: B S Yeddyurappa on Saturday resigned as the chief minister ahead of the floor test in the state assembly, as was directed by the Supreme Court on Friday.
Senior advocates Rakesh Dwivedi, Ajit Sinha and Vikas Singh hailed the apex court's order and said the direction would help dispelling the speculations of "horse trading and poaching".
With 222 elected members in a house of 224, the magic mark is 112. The Congress and Janata Dal(S) combination claims a support of 116 members, while the BJP has 104 elected members. There are two independents.
How BJP will prove majority remains a question in everyone's mind as the party, despite being the single largest in Karnataka elections with 104 seats, is still eight short of the 112-seat mark, necessary to prove majority in the 224-seat state assembly.
Rahul Gandhi compares judicial system of the country with Pak, triggers controversy
Karnataka governor Vajubhai Vala invited Yeddyurappa to form the government through a letter, after the latter was formally elected leader of the BJP legislature party. The governor has given him 15 days to prove his majority on the floor of the hous
The judge, while extending the stay on a floor test, also ordered that no by-elections will be held to the seats rendered vacant by the disqualification of MLAs
The DMK-led Opposition on Sunday met Tamil Nadu Governor Vidyasagar Rao and demanded immediate convening of the Assembly and to direct the Chief Minister to prove his majority
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