Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala High court here on Wednesday dismissed the discharge petitions filed by General Education Minister V Sivankutty and other legislators in the 2015 Assembly ruckus case.
Besides Sivankutty, the other accused in the case are E P Jayarajan, KT Jaleel, K Ajith, K Kunhammed and C K Sadasivan. The Chief Judicial Magistrate court, Thiruvananthapuram also directed the minister and five other accused to appear before it on November 22. The assembly had witnessed unprecedented scenes on March 13, 2015, as the LDF members, then in opposition, tried to prevent Finance Minister K M Mani, who was facing charges in the bar bribery scam, from presenting the state budget.