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Karnataka HC rebukes BJP MLC for ‘Pakistani’ remark on IAS officer
The Karnataka High Court on Friday pulled up BJP MLC N Ravikumar for calling Kalaburagi Deputy Commissioner Fouzia Taranum 'from Pakistan' during a protest. Justice M Nagaprasanna said he will not pardon…
The Story in Brief
The Karnataka High Court on Friday pulled up BJP MLC N Ravikumar for calling Kalaburagi Deputy Commissioner Fouzia Taranum 'from Pakistan' during a protest. Justice M Nagaprasanna said he will not pardon a statement made just because she is Muslim, and stressed political leaders must exercise restraint.
The court was hearing Ravikumar's plea to quash criminal proceedings for the remark. The protest was against the alleged detention of BJP leader Chalavadi Narayanaswamy. The judge directed the state to produce records of the protest representation and said it will examine if protesters were stopped from carrying the national flag. The next hearing is on August 20, 2026.
The Indian Opinion
Some will call this a curbing of free speech, but the court rightly targeted the communal slur, not the protest itself. The judge also criticised both sides for mudslinging and clogging courts. The real test is August 20, 2026, when the court decides if state officials wrongly stopped the flag-carrying protest. That ruling will settle whether the denial was valid or an overreach.
Source: livelaw.in
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