Legislator who outrages woman's dignity can't claim House immunity, says HC

ACTS which erode the dignity of a woman or outrage her modesty cannot be protected under the parasol of a legislator's privilege for anything done inside the House.

- YATHIRAJU @ Bengaluru

ACTS which erode the dignity of a woman or outrage her modesty cannot be protected under the parasol of a legislator's privilege for anything done inside the House. Those privileges and immunities are not gateways for legislators to claim exemptions from the general law of the land, the Karnataka High Court observed on Friday, dismissing the petition filed by BJP MLC CT Ravi. He was challenging the crime registered by Minister for Women and Child Development Laxmi R Hebbalkar, for allegedly using an abusive word against her more than 10 times in the Karnataka Legislative Council.