<span style="color: #222222;">The Supreme Court today refused to urgently list a plea of two Independent Karnataka MLAs seeking holding of floor test forthwith, but said it may consider the listing of the petition on Tuesday.<br />'' <br />'' Senior advocate Mukul Rohtagi, appearing for the two legislators, R Shankar and H Nagesh, said the floor test is being delayed on one pretext or the other.<br />'' <br />'' He said when the Congress-JD(S) coalition can take orders for holding of floor test earlier, then the same order can be issued now.<br />'' <br />'' To this, a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said, they will see it on Tuesday.<br />'' <br />'' The two MLAs who withdrew support to the Congress-JD(S) government in Karnataka, moved the top court seeking a direction for conducting a floor test forthwith in the state Assembly.<br />'' <br />''<br />''They said that the state has plunged into a political crisis after they withdrew their support to the government and 16 lawmakers of the ruling coalition tendered their resignations.&nbsp;</span><br />
News On AIR | July 22, 2019 12:11 PM
SC refuses to urgently list plea of 2 Independent Karnataka MLAs seeking floor test forthwith