Jarkiholi Row: Relief for B’luru Ministers, Court Restrains Media

The move comes after Jarkiholi tendered his resignation in the wake of an alleged sex scandal CD.

A Bengaluru court on Saturday, 6 March, issued a temporary injunction against 68 media houses restraining them from telecasting or publishing any unverified news items, defamatory contents or CDs against the six state ministers of the BS Yediyurappa-led government in Karnataka, reported Live Law.

The ministers include Labour Minister Shivaram Hebbar, Agriculture Minister BC Patil, Cooperative Minister ST Somashekar, Health, Family Welfare and Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar, Youth Empowerment and Sports Minister KC Narayana Gowda, and Urban Development Minister Bhyrathi Basavaraj.

These ministers had moved the court seeking the restrain on the media from publishing any defamatory or unauthenticated material against them, after Water Resources Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi tendered his resignation in the wake of an alleged ‘sex scandal’ CD.