Two Independent Karnataka MLAs Seek to Withdraw Plea for ‘Forthwith’ Floor Test
Two independent MLAs from Karnataka, R Shankar and H Nagesh, on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to let them withdraw their petition seeking a direction to Assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar to hold a floor test “forthwith” on the H D Kumaraswamy government’s trust motion.
In court
Their counsel told a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, and also comprising Justices Aniruddha Bose and Deepak Gupta, that the plea was no longer needed because of recent developments: the floor test had been held on Tuesday and the Congress-JD(S) coalition had lost the vote.
The bench asked where senior advocates Mukul Rohatgi, who appears for the two MLAs, and A M Singhvi, counsel for the Speaker, were, and said it would pass an order only when the senior lawyers were present.
Background
The two independents had withdrawn support from the coalition during the crisis triggered by the resignation of rebel ruling-party legislators, and had approached the court asking for the trust vote to be held without further delay.
What happened next
After the Kumaraswamy government fell in July 2019, B. S. Yeddyurappa returned as Chief Minister of Karnataka.
See also: State assembly members | Election news
Originally published on 24 July 2019. Rewritten on 9 October 2026.
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