Karnataka Assembly Orders Year's Jail For 2 Journalists For Defamation | Read
Two journalists are to be jailed after Karnataka's lawmakers decided they should be punished for two-year-old articles in tabloids that were allegedly defamatory about some of them including Speaker KB Koliwad who is from the Congress. For the first time in Karnataka's history, the legislature passed a unanimous resolution seeking punishment for the reporters - a year in jail and a fine of Rs. 10,000. The journalists are Ravi Belagere of Hi Bangalore and Anil Raj of Yelahanka Voice - both Kannada tabloids.
