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Supreme Court Stays Trial Against BJP MLC CT Ravi Over Comments Against Congress Member in Legislative Council

The Supreme Court has stayed the trial against Karnataka's BJP MLC CT Ravi, who faced criminal charges for derogatory comments made against Congress member Laxmi Hebbalkar during a legislative session. The court's decision comes in response to a challenge against a Karnataka High Court ruling that refused to quash the case. Ravi's defense argues that his statements were protected under parliamentary immunity provisions.

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(2) Article 105 (2) : grants immunity from legal proceedings for anything said or any
vote cast in Parliament or its committees, and also protects individuals from court
action for publishing authorised parliamentary reports or proceedings.

(3) Article 122(1): bars courts from inquiring into the validity of parliamentary
proceedings on grounds of procedural irregularities.

(4) Article 194 provides state legislators freedom of speech and immunity for actions
in the legislature, with the power to define privileges through laws.
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Notably, before the High Court, Justice M Nagaprasanna while pronouncing the order
said, "Alleged word spoken, if spoken or gesture made if made against the women,
the complainant, certainly outrages her modesty and it above all cannot have any
nexus to the functioning of the house or relation to the transaction of the house, no
nexus no privilege, petition dismissed.”

Ravi was arrested on December 19, 2024, after he moved the High Court, questioning
his arrest, he was directed to be forthwith released on bail. Following which,h he has
moved the court seeking to quash the offence.

Counsels for the petitioner: Senior Adv. Manan Kumar Mishra; AOR Dr. Ram Sankar

Case Details : Shri CT Ravi v. State of Karnataka & Ors | SLP(Crl) 7859/2025

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