Karnataka HC stays FIR against Sulibele over comments against CM Siddaramaiah
Bengaluru, Nov 16: The High Court of Karnataka on Thursday stayed an FIR registered against Chakravarti Sulibele, founder of the Yuva Brigade, for allegedly spreading hatred between communities.
Justice Shivashankar Amarannavar at the Dharwad bench of the HC granted the stay after hearing a criminal petition filed by Sulibele and adjourned the hearing.
The Karwar Rural police had filed the FIR on October 5, 2023 against Sulibele for the alleged comments made on October 3 at a press conference after visiting a temple in Karwar.
He allegedly stated that Hindus faced trouble whenever Siddaramaiah came to power and such incidents will continue as long as he supports Muslims.
The FIR alleged that he had made several other statements that tried to create enmity between Hindus and Muslims.
Sulibele has been charged under Section 505(2) (Statements creating or promoting enmity, hatred or ill-will between classes) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
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Karnataka HC directs to re-verify rejected postal ballots in Sringeri Assembly constituency
Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka High Court has directed to re-verify the 279 rejected postal ballots polled in Sringeri Assembly constituency during the 2023 election.
The court has also said that the Returning Officer (RO), depending on the outcome of the re-verification, will have to undertake recounting of the postal ballots and announce the results.
Justice R Nataraj on Monday passed this order, hearing the election petition filed by BJP's defeated candidate D N Jeevaraj, who challenged the election of Congress's T D Rajegowda, who won by 201 votes.
The court, however, has granted a stay for two weeks on this order, on the request from Rajegowda's advocate to enable him to challenge the same before the Supreme Court.
