In a temporary relief to three BJP leaders, the High Court of Karnataka on Friday stayed the first information reports (FIRs) registered against Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje, Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya, and Bengaluru Central MP P.C. Mohan in separate cases.
Justice Krishna S. Dixit passed the interim orders on separate petitions filed by the BJP leaders, questioning the legality of registration of FIRs and denying the allegations made against them.
In his petition, Mr. Surya questioned the registration of an FIR against him on the complaint that he had allegedly tried to disturb communal harmony by posting certain comments on social media about the March 17 incident of assault on a shopkeeper at Nagarathpet in the city, over the issue of playing Hanuman Chalisa.
