Bengaluru, Nov. 4 -- The Karnataka High Court has quashed the private defamation complaint against Chief Minister DK Shivakumar and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah over the Congress' 'corruption rate card' advertisements targeting the BJP government ahead of the 2023 Assembly elections.

Justice M. Nagaprasanna passed the order, bringing relief to the two senior Congress leaders. The detailed copy of the judgment is yet to be released.

The complaint was filed by BJP leader Keshav Prasad following advertisements published by the KPCC in local newspapers during the Assembly election campaign. The advertisements accused the BJP government of collecting commissions for appointments and transfers across various departments.

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