Karnataka High Court stays case after woman claims husband denied her french fries
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has stayed proceedings in a case where a woman accused her husband of cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code for denying her French fries, rice, and meat after she delivered their baby, as reported by Bar and Bench.
The matter came up for hearing before the Karnataka High Court on August 22, 2024. The learned judge granted interim relief to the husband by staying the proceedings of the complaint and dismissing the complaint as "absolutely trivial" and a "misuse and abuse" of the judicial system.
"Allowing any investigation against the husband would become an abuse of the process of law and put a premium on the allegations of the wife that she was not given to eat French fries at the relevant point of time," the judge observed. Consequently, an interim stay was ordered on all investigations involving the husband.
The judge also permitted the husband, an industrial attachment student, to proceed to the United States for employment after filing an affidavit in which he pledged to cooperate with investigators. The complaint had initially included the woman's in-laws, whom she accused of starving her by denying nourishing meals like chips, rice, and meat after childbirth. The High Court had previously stayed the proceedings against her parents-in-law.
During the court proceedings, the husband countered by claiming that throughout their six-year marriage, while they were living in the United States, his wife wanted him to do housework while she spent time on the phone and watching Pakistani dramas.
Justice M. Nagaprasanna, after reviewing the mutual accusations, criticized the misuse of the legal system and noted that in this case, a Look Out Circular against the husband, which prevented his return to the US, was being "used as a weapon."
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Karnataka HM G Parameshwara blames EVM for Cong debacle in Maharashtra, backs ballot papers
BENGALURU: Karnataka home minister G Parameshwara on Monday alleged Electronic Voting Machine manipulations led to the defeat of Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance in just concluded assembly polls in Maharashtra.
While speaking to reporters here on Monday, he said the BJP does selective manipulations to convince people that there were no wrongdoings. He also wanted to go back to the paper ballots system.
The ruling BJP-led Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra won a landslide victory in the assembly elections, shattering the Congress-led Maha Vikas Aghadi's dream to wrest power. The BJP won the highest ever 132 seats for the party, while the Shiv Sena led by Shinde bagged 57 seats and NCP won 41 seats to take the Mahayuti total to 230 seats. Congress as part of MVA won just 16 seats.
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"We analysed the Maharashtra poll outcome deeply. We felt that in many places EVMs were manipulated," Parameshwara said. He also said an obvious question would be why not it happened in Jharkhand and elsewhere. The manipulations are done selectively so that no one can question it, he blamed.
According to him, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha is a leading partner. Had the Congress been the leading partner, things would have changed. He backed the ballot papers saying that the same was discussed in Maharashtra Congress as well.
