India, Feb. 4 -- Delhi Law and Justice Minister Kapil Mishra on Tuesday said the complaint made by Iqbal Singh and the subsequent actions taken by the Punjab Police, including the registration of an FIR, are a disregard for the constitutional safeguard provided under Article 361A of the Constitution of India and constitute a serious breach of the privileges of the House.

Stating this in a letter written to Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta, he also said the initiation of criminal proceedings in connection with the publication of a substantially true account of Assembly proceedings amounts to interference with the functioning and authority of the Legislature. Mishra requested that the matter be taken cognisance of and referred to the ...