NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday brushed aside an attempt by Karnataka Congress and JD(S) to bring on record an alleged recorded speech of chief minister B S Yediyurappa claiming the hand of BJP chief Amit Shah in engineering the rebellion of MLAs which led to the fall of the coalition government led by H D Kumaraswamy.

Appearing for Congress and JD(S), senior advocates Kapil Sibal and Rajeev Dhavan vehemently argued that Yediyurappa's alleged speech to a core committee meeting of BJP, claiming that the rebellion among the MLAs was engineered by Shah, gave a whole new twist to the case and their application bringing out these facts should be taken on record by the court.

A bench of Justices N V Ramana, Sanjiv Khanna and Krishna Murari told the counsel that this aspect was argued by them during the extensive hearing on petitions filed by rebel MLAs challenging the then speaker's order disqualifying them for the entire assembly term. "You had argued how hospitality was extended to the rebel MLAs in Mumbai after they were flown there," the bench said. "As judgment in these matters has already been reserved on October 25, no further orders are required at present."

Appearing for BJP and rebel MLAs, advocates C A Sundaram and K V Vishwanathan accused Congress and JD(S) of attempting to delay pronouncement of ruling by trying to bring up incidents about which they had argued extensively. Sundaram said Yediyurappa has already denied the contents of the recorded speech.

The SC said the order was being finalised and would be delivered soon. Disqualification of 15 rebel Congress and JD(S) MLAs, who brought down the HDK-led coalition, saw a fresh twist in SC on October 24 when the new speaker voiced willingness to consider afresh the pleas based on which his predecessor had disqualified the rebels .

