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February 15, 2011 6:34:12 AM

[url="http://www.dailypioneer.com/317697/Ktaka-HC-upholds-suspension-of-rebel-legislators.html"]K'taka HC upholds suspension of rebel legislators[/url]

IANS | Bangalore

The Karnataka High Court on Monday upheld the disqualification of five Independent legislators who rebelled against Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa and reduced his government to a minority.



The ruling by Justice Mohan Shantangouder, Justice S. Abdul Nazeer and Justice A.S. Bopanna comes as a morale booster for the beleaguered chief minister. The bench unanimously upheld the Oct 10 order of speaker K.G. Bopaiah disqualifying the legislators for rebelling against Yeddyurappa.



Four of the Independents - D. Sudhakar, P.M Narendra Swamy, Venkataramanappa and Shivaraj Tangadagi - were ministers at the time of the rebellion while the fifth, Gulihatti Shekar, had just been dropped from the ministry.



The five lawmakers said they would soon move the Supreme Court, challenging the high court ruling.