Bengaluru: Karnataka Assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar on Wednesday welcomed the Supreme Court decision putting the onus on him to decide on the resignations of rebel MLAs, and said he would conduct himself responsibly in accordance with the principles of the Constitution.

New Delhi: A Supreme Court Bench led by CJI Ranjan Gogoi on Wednesday added that Karnataka Assembly Speaker was free to decide on rebel MLAs’ resignation and that he should take the decision soon.

Bengaluru: As the focus Tuesday shifted to the Supreme Court, which is hearing the pleas of 15 Karnataka MLAs against alleged delay by the Speaker in accepting their resignations, the state BJP President was seen in a relaxed mood playing cricket with party legislators who are camped at a resort on the outskirts of the city.

Bengaluru: With just a day left for the showdown in the Karnataka assembly, state Congress chief Dinesh Gundu Rao Tuesday claimed that the party rebel MLAs camping in Mumbai had been locked down and may be disqualified.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court will pronounce its order Wednesday morning on the pleas of 15 rebel Congress-JD(S) MLAs seeking direction for Karnataka Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar to accept their resignations from the Assembly.

Bengaluru: Shivaji Nagar MLA and Former Minister R Roshan Baig, who was on Monday night detained at BIAL Airport by SIT investigating the multi-crore IMA scam, was released on Tuesday.

New Delhi: Ten rebel MLAs of Karnataka's ruling Congress-JD(S) coalition Tuesday said in the Supreme Court that rules mandate the Speaker to "decide now" on resignation and contended that by not accepting it he has attempted to coerce them to vote for the government during trust vote.