Bride elopes with her lover on wedding day
Mysuru, July 08: Giving a shock to her parents and the bridegroom, a bride eloped with her lover on the wedding day here on Sunday.
The bride is identified as Nandini, daughter of Tayamma and Krishna Nayak of HD Kote. She has shattered the dreams of bridegroom Narayana of Marballi village who was about to tie the nuptial knot on Sunday morning. It is said that Nandini eloped with her lover as she was forced accept the marriage with Narayan.
Throughout night, both the parties had prepared for the marriage. She even had come to the marriage hall and even participated in some rituals. But minutes before the muhurtham, she eloped with her lover from the Kalyana Mandir, it is said.
Nandini and Narayan were engaged six months back. During engagement, Nandini had informed her parents that she was not interested in the marriage. But her parents did not take her words seriously and forced her to accept the marriage. Since then, she has been expressing her objection to the marriage, it is said.
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SC asks states to treat rising child trafficking cases as grave; seeks coordinated action
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court has voiced grave concern over rising cases of child trafficking, saying gangs are operating across the country and if States and Union territories do not take immediate action, thing will go beyond control.
The court said only the state government and its home department can act vigilantly in this regard.
“As a court we can monitor, but ultimately the action has to be on the part of the state government, the police, and other agencies. Therefore, this is our humble request”, a bench comprising Justices JB Pardiwala and K V Viswanathan said during the hearing of a plea on Wednesday.
The bench was irked over the "lackadaisical" approach of several states and UTs in implementing a 2025 judgment aimed at dismantling organised trafficking networks.
Justice Viswanathan said the retrieval of children in some cases proves the problem can be tackled, but it requires a level of political and administrative will which is lacking at present.
The verdict, delivered on April 15, 2025, had mandated several institutional reforms, including completion of trials in trafficking cases within six months on a day-to-day basis.
It had also directed strengthening of Anti-Human Trafficking Units (AHTUs) and improving investigation standards.
Besides asking for setting up of state-level committees to monitor vulnerable trafficking hotspots, it had asked the authorities to treat missing children cases as trafficking unless proven otherwise.
Earlier, the bench had termed the compliance reports filed by a few states as "nothing but an eye wash."
On Wednesday, the bench noted that Madhya Pradesh, Goa, Haryana, Lakshadweep, Mizoram, Odisha, and Punjab had still failed to file reports in the prescribed format.
When the home secretary of Madhya Pradesh offered an apology for the lapse, the bench granted a "final opportunity" but warned that continued failure would lead to states being officially branded as "defaulting".
The bench noted that at least 15 states are yet to constitute review committees mandated to identify and monitor trafficking-prone areas.
The matter will now be heard on April 29.
