India, Oct. 13 -- A Bengaluru court is expected to hear Congress leader Siddaramaiah's petition on Tuesday, seeking to restrain media organisations from publishing details of, or broadcasting videos linked to, a purported sting operation allegedly carried out at the behest of his successor, DK Shivakumar, to force the former to step down as Karnataka chief minister in May.

Siddaramaiah's resignation ended months of uncertainty over the Congress leadership transition and cleared the way for his then deputy and challenger Shivakumar to assume office.

Siddaramaiah approached Bengaluru's 18th City Civil and Sessions Court seeking an ex parte interim injunction, describing the circulation of the videos on social media as false propaganda int...