Karnataka legislature faces scrutiny over arrest notice to two editors

A one-year prison sentence and Rs 10,000 fine has been imposed on the editors of two tabloids

Ravi Belagere runs a Kannada tabloid Hi Bangalore that has a no advertisement business model, which is funded by subscription and stand sales.

In 2014, he published an article that criticised K B Koliwad, a Congress legislator in the Karnataka Assembly. A similar complaint was filed by BJP legislator S R Vishwanath, who complained against a write up by Anil Raj, the editor of another tabloid, Yelahanka Voice, which is published in the legislator's constituency of North Bengaluru. The articles were referred to the Privileges Committee in 2014. 

The Privileges Committee of the Karnataka, then led by the current Speaker Kagodu Thimmappa, had