A Legislative Assembly committee on Monday recommended one year imprisonment and a fine of Rs 10,000 fine on journalist Ravi Belagere for publishing defamatory article against Speaker K B Koliwad.
The article was published in the Kannada tabloid “Hi Bengaluru” edited by Belagere in September 2014.
Koliwad had lodged a complaint to the then Speaker Kagodu Thimmappa against the journalist. He had also moved a breach of privilege motion in this regard. The then Speaker had referred the issue to the Privilege Committee, which submitted its report in the Assembly.
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