pandas.core.format.py:436 if self.show_index_names and self.has_index_names:
Below for pandas.core.format.py:647: if self.fmt.has_index_names:
I think the second part should look at the show_index_names option. The problem currently is that you cannot disable the two-row index, and sorttable.js does not work with two-row indexes.
Comment From: WillAyd
Unclear what problem this is solving - feel free to re-open if you have a reproducible example