 "SC reserves verdict on pleas challenging disqualification of Karnataka MLAs")
The Supreme Court Friday reserved its verdict on a batch of petitions challenging the disqualification of 17 Karnataka MLAs before the trust vote moved by the previous H D Kumaraswamy government.
The rebel Congress-JD (S) MLAs were disqualified by the then Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar.
Kumaraswamy had resigned after losing a trust vote, which paved the way for the BJP-led government in the state under B S Yediyurappa.
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