Karnataka Crisis: No Decision Till July 16

The Supreme Court has decided to hear Karnataka rebel MLAs'petition on Tuesday, July 16 however it asked KarnatakaAssembly Speaker Ramesh Kumar not to take any decision regarding the resignation or disqualification of 10 rebel MLAstill that day.

During the hearing, Karnataka Speaker Ramesh Kumar told the Supreme Court on Friday that he was constitutionally bound to decide on the disqualification petitions before he takes a call on the resignation letters.

Abhishek Singhvi, who is representingKarnataka Speaker in the top court told a bench led by Chief Justice of IndiaRanjan Gogoi, "Two of the 10 MLA as had resigned after disqualificationproceedings commenced. Eight sent resignations before disqualification proceedingsbut did not appear in person with resignation letter."

Singhvi also emphasized that the law and constitution made it clearthat the Speaker could not merely accept the resignations and had to ascertainif resignations were genuine.

"MLAs handed over a fresh letteryesterday. The meeting was video graphed, it shows the MLAs have admitted theynever gave resignation personally to him, admitted never met him or sought anyappointment to meet him," he also added.