Bengaluru, May 22 -- The Karnataka High Court on Thursday stayed the proceedings against BJP leader Amit Malviya and Republic TV's Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, with the next hearing to take place on June 20.

Senior Advocate Aruna Shyam told reporters that the Karnataka High Court passed interim orders on Thursday in the petitions challenging two separate FIRs lodged against Amit Malviya and Arnab Goswami.

"The Karnataka High Court has stayed the proceedings till the next hearing date on June 20...In both cases, the offence alleged in the FIR uploaded on the website of the police department was Section 352. Whereas the certified copy available with the magistrate states Section 353 of the BNS. So the FIRs have been manipulated...They h...