Earlier, Karnataka Assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar has declared 17 MLAs as disqualified. Now the apex court has ruled out that the disqualified MLAs can contest in the forthcoming by-polls. The judgement seems like a breather to the BS Yediyurappa government.
A bench headed by the Justice NV Ramana has sustained the disqualification but made it clear that the disqualification will continue only till their re-election not till the end of the house term. If they get elected in the by-polls, they can hold public offices.
"We do not appreciate the manner in which the petitioners came to the court," the judge observed.
The bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Krishna Murali said that the political parties lack constitutional morality and the parties' behavior changes when they are in power and when they are in opposition.
"This gives an impression that political parties in India are amoral", the court added.
Ahead of the trust vote in July, which took place this year, Speaker Ramesh Kumar has disqualified 17 MLAs of Congress-JD(S).
With losing the trust vote, the then Chief Minister of the state, HD Kumaraswamy resigned from his post. This made the BJP-led government form government as BS Yeddyurappa as the CM.
15 out of these 17 Assembly seats by-polls were scheduled to take place on December 5 and the candidates should submit their nomination papers between November 11 and November 18.
The MLAs who were disqualified has moved the Supreme court to direct the Election Commission to postpone the By-polls of these seats till the verdict of this case comes.
A bench headed by the Justice NV Ramana has sustained the disqualification but made it clear that the disqualification will continue only till their re-election not till the end of the house term. If they get elected in the by-polls, they can hold public offices.
"We do not appreciate the manner in which the petitioners came to the court," the judge observed.
The bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Krishna Murali said that the political parties lack constitutional morality and the parties' behavior changes when they are in power and when they are in opposition.
"This gives an impression that political parties in India are amoral", the court added.
Ahead of the trust vote in July, which took place this year, Speaker Ramesh Kumar has disqualified 17 MLAs of Congress-JD(S).
With losing the trust vote, the then Chief Minister of the state, HD Kumaraswamy resigned from his post. This made the BJP-led government form government as BS Yeddyurappa as the CM.
15 out of these 17 Assembly seats by-polls were scheduled to take place on December 5 and the candidates should submit their nomination papers between November 11 and November 18.
The MLAs who were disqualified has moved the Supreme court to direct the Election Commission to postpone the By-polls of these seats till the verdict of this case comes.