NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice seeking response from the Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah after hearing an appeal from a state voter challenging his election from the Varuna assembly constituency in the 2023 elections.

"Issue notice (to Siddaramiah)," said a two-judge bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta.

The top court issued notice and sought reply from Siddaramaiah, after hearing an appeal from one K Shankara, whose plea was rejected in April this year by the Karnataka High Court. 

The petitioner, Shankara, a voter from Varuna constituency, had filed the election petition against the CM, on the allegations that the five election guarantees made in the Indian National Congress (INC) party's manifesto for the state polls in 2023 amounted to bribery and a corrupt practice under the Representation of the People Act.