Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 52 · Decided 25 January 2012
D. Sudhakar & ORS. v. D.N. Jeevaraju & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 52 · [2012] 2 S.C.R. 330
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4510/2011
- Decided
- 25 January 2012
- Bench
- ALTAMAS KABIR, CYRIAC JOSEPH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution
Headnote
KARNATAKA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (DISQUALIFICATION OF MEMBERS ON GROUND OF C DEFECTION) RULES, 1986: rr:6 and 7 - Extension of support by appellants­ . Independents to BJP led Government and joining Government as Cabinet Ministers ~ Withdrawal of support by 0 appellants - Speaker of Legislative the ground that they had joined BJP after their elections as independent candidates - Held: Extension of support by Independents to or joining the government as Minister by independents would not by itself mean that the E independents have joined the political party which formed the government -
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