Karnataka High Court refuses to scrap case against women accused of casteist abuses (Image generated using AI).

The Karnataka High Court recently refused to scrap a criminal case against two women accused of hurling casteist abuses at an advocate inside her office in the presence of several clients, as well as posting a defamatory review taking the name of her caste on her Google Business Profile.

Dismissing the petition filed by Kirthi S Saraswathi and Savithri S, Justice M Nagaprasanna, in an order dated October 16, stated, “There is no warrant of interference in exercise of jurisdiction under Section 482 of the CrPC as the offence of hurling abuses against the complainant would undoubtedly require evidence to disprove the allegations”.

Dispute over fees, allegations of public abuse

According to the complaint, Saraswathi initially appointed the advocate to represent her in matrimonial proceedings initiated by her husband.…