The decision of the Supreme Court on the ruckus in the Kerala Assembly in 2015 has come as a jolt to the two-month-old second Pinarayi Vijayan-led government in the State. The court dismissed the appeals, including the one filed by the Kerala government against the High Court order dismissing its plea seeking withdrawal of a criminal case lodged against LDF MLAs in connection with the ruckus.

The court said allowing the prosecution to be withdrawn would amount to interference in the normal course of justice for illegitimate reasons. Citing the court ruling, the Congress-led UDF mounted pressure on the CPI (M)-led coalition for the resignation of the Education Minister C Sivankutty by saying he has no moral right to continue in the post. Rejecting the demand, Sivankutty, who was allegedly in the forefront of unprecedented violence unleashed by opposition Left MLAs in 2015, said the agitation in the Assembly was the decision of the Left Democratic Front and they were implementing that decision on that day.