SC upholds relief to BJP MP Tejasvi Surya in criminal case
Supreme Court
on Monday dismissed the
Karnataka government
's plea against a high court order quashing the
criminal case
against
BJP
MP
Tejasvi Surya
.
"What is this? Don't politicise the matter. Fight your battles before the electorate," a bench comprising Chief Justice B R Gavai and K Vinod Chandran said.
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The bench dismissed the appeal of the state government and cautioned its against politicisation of legal proceedings.
The case stemmed from a post shared by Surya on November 7, 2024, in which he cited a report from Kannada news portals claiming that a farmer, Rudrappa Channappa Balikai, had died by suicide after discovering that his land had been taken over by the
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The post was subsequently deleted after it emerged that the claim was unfounded.
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