The Karnataka High Court questioned Darshan Srinivas’s claim that the Kannada film BOSS could affect the fairness of his Renukaswamy murder trial. Justice Pradeep Singh Yerur observed that the concern should be possible impact on witnesses and proceedings, not whether judges could be influenced.
Karnataka: Today, 14th March, The Karnataka High Court has temporarily stayed the trial court’s February 28 order, which had taken judicial notice (cognisance) of a sexual harassment case filed against former Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act).
