Top Court Judge Recuses From Hearing Pleas Of Disqualified Karnataka MLAs

New Delhi: Supreme Court judge MM Shantanagoudar on Tuesday recused himself from hearing petitions filed by 17 disqualified MLAs of Karnataka challenging the decision of the then Speaker to disqualify them from the Assembly.

"In this matter, I am not participating" Justice Shantanagoudar, who was part of a three-judge bench headed by Justice NV Ramana, said at the outset. The bench has now posted the matter for hearing on September 23.

The court had earlier refused to pass any order on the listing of petitions filed by the 17 disqualified MLAs, asking what was the urgency as the petitions would come up in due course.