The apex court’s order comes ahead of the floor test that is scheduled to take place in Karnataka Assembly tomorrow. The bench added that the MLAs should be given an option to attend or not to attend the proceedings of the House. Read | Karnataka crisis: The Speaker’s rulebook, explainedThe order came on petitions by the MLAs challenging the action of Karnataka Assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar in not accepting their resignations. Follow Karnataka crisis LIVE updatesA total of 16 Congress and JD(S) MLAs have submitted resignations since July 6. The top court had, on Tuesday, heard all the parties — Karnataka Speaker, rebel MLAs and Chief Minister Kumaraswamy.

Source: Indian Express July 17, 2019 06:03 UTC