India, May 3 -- The Karnataka high court on Friday refused to quash the criminal case against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLC CT Ravi, who was booked by the Belgavi police last year for allegedly making an obscene remark against state women and child development minister Laxmi Hebbalkar on the floor of the legislative council.

Justice M Nagaprasanna rejected Ravi's petition seeking quashing of the FIR after holding that the BJP leader was not entitled to any legislative immunity for comments that had nothing to do with his legislative duties.

Ravi had moved the court seeking quashing of the FIR against him since he is entitled to "blanket immunity" available to MLAs under Article 194(2) of the Constitution.

Senior counsel Prabhuling N...