As per the details published on the website of the apex court, a bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and Prashant Kumar Mishra will take up the special leave petition for hearing on February 19.
Senior BJP leader KS Eshwarappa has once again stirred a row, calling for a law that enables the killing of Congress MP DK Suresh and MLA Vinay Kulkarni. Calling the two leaders "traitors", Mr Eshwarappa claimed that they want to divide India.
The bench headed by Justice Krishna S Dixit set aside the petition of CM Siddaramaiah seeking quashing of trial proceedings in the Special Court. The bench also ordered CM Siddaramaiah to be present before the Special Court for People’s Representatives on March 6.