The High Court of Karnataka on Monday stayed the first information report (FIR) registered against Kannada actor Upendra under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, for his alleged racist remark during a live chat on social media platform.
Justice Hemant Chandangoudar passed the interim order on a petition filed by Mr. Upendra questioning the legality of registration of the criminal case in the absence of ingredient to attract the provisions of the Act.
