RSS defamation case: Sessions court stays proceedings against Priyank Kharge, Nalapad
A Bengaluru sessions court has stayed defamation proceedings against Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge and Mohammed Haris Nalapad. The court is reviewing whether the complainant, an RSS member, has the legal standing to file the suit.
Why it matters
The case touches on the legal definition of an 'aggrieved person' in defamation law and the ongoing political tensions between the Congress government and the RSS in Karnataka.
A special court of sessions in Bengaluru on Wednesday stayed further proceedings in a defamation case filed by a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) member before a special court of magistrate against Home Minister Priyank Kharge and Mohammed Haris Nalapad, son of Congress MLA N.A. Haris.
Shivaprasad K.B, judge of the special court of sessions for criminal cases against former and present MPs and MLAs in Karnataka, passed the order on separate petitions filed by Mr. Kharge and Mr. Nalapad challenging the June 27 order of taking cognisance of the offence of criminal defamation under Section 356 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) against them by the special court of magistrate.
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