Justice KS Puttaswamy, petitioner in landmark right to privacy case, passes away at 98
Bengaluru: Justice KS Puttaswamy, former Karnataka High Court judge and lead petitioner in the historic right to privacy case, passed away at 98 at his residence in Bengaluru. A prominent legal figure, he was instrumental in establishing the right to privacy as a fundamental right under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution through his petition before the Supreme Court.
Enrolled as an advocate in 1952, Justice Puttaswamy was appointed as a judge of the Karnataka High Court in 1977 and served until his retirement in 1986. He later took on the role of vice chairperson at the Central Administrative Tribunal in Bengaluru.
In 2012, Justice Puttaswamy challenged the constitutionality of the Aadhaar scheme, which ultimately led the Supreme Court to uphold the scheme but affirm that the right to privacy is protected as a fundamental right under Article 21.
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Maharashtra Cong chief Nana Patole scrapes through in Sakoli, wins by 208 votes
Mumbai, Nov 23: Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole survived a scare from his nearest BJP rival in the Sakoli assembly constituency but managed to win the tight contest by a narrow margin of 208 votes.
Patole, the incumbent Congress MLA from Sakoli, polled 96,795 votes, while his challenger from BJP, Avinash Brahmankar, came tantalisingly close to bagging 96,587 votes.
Independent nominee Somadatta Karanjekar was a distant third, bagging 18,309 votes.
While Patole managed to save the face with the thin margin, the Congress unit led by him and the Maha Vikas Aghadi were routed by the BJP-led Mahayuti in the one-sided contest.
