Bengaluru: The Karnataka Legislative Assembly, today, directed the Home Department to arrest Bengaluru-based tabloid journalists Ravi Belagere and Anil Raj following a House resolution sentencing them to one-year imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 10,000 for breach of privilege. The Assembly Secretariat sent a letter to the Home department on Tuesday night, after the Legislative…
Belagere, Anil Raj move HC
June 28, 2017Bengaluru: Ravi Belagere and Anil Raj, Editors of Hai Bangalore and Yelahanka Voice respectively, yesterday moved the High Court (HC), questioning the legality of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly’s resolution of imposing one-year prison sentence and imposing Rs. 10,000 fine on them based on the recommendation of a Committee on Privileges for publishing “defamatory and false”…
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