Karnataka HC Drops The Criminal Contempt Proceedings Initiated Against Deccan Herald After Unconditional Apology And Payment Of Rs.73Lakh As Cost

The Karnataka High Court, on Tuesday dropped the criminal contempt proceedings, initiated against Deccan Herald, and three local Kannada, new channels, BTV, TV5 and Digvijay, for publishing false news, after accepting their unconditional apology and their willingness to pay a cost of Rs 73 lakh (total cost on all respondents). A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and...