Karnataka Editors Sentenced To Jail
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Karnataka's Lawmakers Back Jail Term For Editors; 'Double it,' Say Some
Karnataka's legislators came together across party lines today to reject a motion seeking that they reconsider the punishment of a year each in jail handed by the state assembly to two editors of Kannada tabloids for breach of privilege. The assembly had sentenced the editors to the jail term and had fined them Rs 10,000 each in June this year, ove...
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Assembly Order To Jail Us 'Illegal', Karnataka Journalists Approach High Court
Two journalists who were sentenced to a year in jail by the Karnataka assembly for their alleged "defamatory" articles against legislators have approached the Karnataka High Court challenging the order. The two have sought quashing of the resolution which they called as "illegal and unconstitutional". The petition also said that legislators don't h...
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Editors Guild Of India Statement On Karnataka Assembly Order To Jail 2 Journalists
The Editors Guild of India express its strong disapproval of the decision of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly to sentence two journalists to prison and pay a fine for publishing allegedly defamatory articles against a few of its members. The Guild opines that the decision violates the Fundamental Right of Freedom of Speech guaranteed under the In...
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Karnataka's Lawmakers Back Jail Term For Editors; 'Double it,' Say Some
Karnataka's legislators came together across party lines today to reject a motion seeking that they reconsider the punishment of a year each in jail handed by the state assembly to two editors of Kannada tabloids for breach of privilege. The assembly had sentenced the editors to the jail term and had fined them Rs 10,000 each in June this year, ove...
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Assembly Order To Jail Us 'Illegal', Karnataka Journalists Approach High Court
Two journalists who were sentenced to a year in jail by the Karnataka assembly for their alleged "defamatory" articles against legislators have approached the Karnataka High Court challenging the order. The two have sought quashing of the resolution which they called as "illegal and unconstitutional". The petition also said that legislators don't h...
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Editors Guild Of India Statement On Karnataka Assembly Order To Jail 2 Journalists
The Editors Guild of India express its strong disapproval of the decision of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly to sentence two journalists to prison and pay a fine for publishing allegedly defamatory articles against a few of its members. The Guild opines that the decision violates the Fundamental Right of Freedom of Speech guaranteed under the In...
