U'khand: Protest by youths against recruitment exam paper leaks turns violent
Dehradun, Feb 9: A protest by youths against recruitment examination paper leaks in Uttarakhand turned violent when the protestors clashed with police personnel and hurled stones at them here on Thursday.
The police resorted to a lathicharge to disperse the protestors. Some youths were injured in police action.
The clash between the protesters and the police caused a long traffic jam from Clock Tower to Rajpur Road.
Unemployed youths had staged a dharna here on Wednesday demanding a CBI probe into alleged irregularities in different recruitment examinations held by the Uttarakhand Public Service Commission.
Reacting to the police lathicharge on protesting youths, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said they were subjected to brutality for raising their genuine demands.
"The BJP government's corruption in Uttarakhand is ruining the lives of youths. They were brutally lathicharged when they were staging a demonstration with their genuine demands against paper leak of recruitment examinations," Gandhi said in a statement.
The youths were angry as police had allegedly forced them to lift their dharna on Wednesday.
The Uttarakhand Congress too reacted sharply to the "coercive manner in which the voice of youths was being silenced" by the state government.
The party will hold demonstrations in every district on Friday in protest against the atrocity against the youths, PCC vice president Mathura Dutt Joshi said.
Earlier on Thursday, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami appealed to the youths not to let themselves be misled by anyone, saying efforts are on to ensure that recruitment examinations are held in the state in a transparent way.
"We are soon going to bring the strictest anti-copying law in the country. It will be ensured that use of unfair means in recruitment examinations stops completely and they are held in a transparent manner. We will see to it that no injustice is done to the youth," Dhami said.
"Our government is making decisions in favour of the youth. We have granted reservation to our sisters and daughters in government jobs. Everyone's interest will be protected. My request to the youth is that they should not allow themselves to be misled by anyone," he said.
The government has got irregularities in recruitment examinations thoroughly probed and the guilty have been sent behind bars, the chief minister said.
Shame on u uttarakhand police
— bhupi panwar (@askbhupi) February 9, 2023
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पत्थर ही पत्थर.....
— Pyara Uttarakhand (@PyaraUKofficial) February 9, 2023
पत्थर मार कर नहीं मिलेगी पेपर लीक से मुक्ति, न ही मिलेगी CBI जांच इनके #UttarakhandPaperLeak pic.twitter.com/RBZTYbZHa9
देहरादून घंटाघर पुलिस की लाठीचार्ज #UttarakhandPaperLeak pic.twitter.com/l59KvYWFAW
— Pyara Uttarakhand (@PyaraUKofficial) February 9, 2023
धामी जी कृपया पहले वीडियो देखें कि आपकी पुलिस फोर्स किस तरह से नौजवानों की आवाज को दबा रही है @pushkardhami सिर्फ कहने से कुछ नहीं होगा,
— Shrish Dixit (@ShrishDixit2) February 9, 2023
2026 उत्तराखंड चुनाव में बीजेपी को वोट नहीं @BJP4UK @AmitShah #UttarakhandPaperLeak #Uttrakhand #UttarakhandPolice shameful pic.twitter.com/bFSwvdNeUI
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K’taka HC judge whose controversial remarks triggered controversy expresses regret before open court
Bengaluru: Karnataka High Court judge, Justice V Srishananda, on Saturday expressed regret in open court after facing backlash over his controversial remarks in his recent court hearings, reported Bar and Bench.
Two purported video clips from Justice V Srishananda’s court hearing that show him making inappropriate comments went viral across social media platforms.
On Saturday, Justice Srishananda invited members of the Advocates Association, Bengaluru, and senior lawyers to his courtroom at 2:30 PM, where he read out a note expressing regret for inappropriate comments.
Quoting Advocates Association President Vivek Subba Reddy, Bar and Bench wrote, “He expressed regret for the comments and clarified that it was not his intention to offend any community or members of the Bar. He also requested the association to relay this message to all members of the Bar.”
Reddy further stated, “We also advised him to encourage young lawyers in the courtroom and refrain from making any irrelevant remarks during hearings.”
Another senior lawyer present during the session confirmed to the legal news portal that Justice Srishananda also addressed comments directed at a woman lawyer, who was seen in one of the videos being reprimanded by the judge. The judge Justice Srishananda clarified that his remarks were not intended to target her (woman lawyer) specifically, but rather pertained to the appellant she was representing. “He explained that his comment was meant to imply that the appellant seemed to know a lot about the other party,” said the lawyer.
In addition, Justice Srishananda assured those present that he would avoid making such comments in the future.
The controversy came to light on September 19, when a video clip from an August 28 Court hearing surfaced on social media, showing Justice Srishananda referring to a Muslim-majority sub-locality in Bengaluru’s Goripalya as "Pakistan." Hours later, another video from the same courtroom emerged, in which the judge was seen making a gender-insensitive remark.
Following outrage over the viral videos, a Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, along with Justices Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, Surya Kant, and Hrishikesh Roy, on September 20 took a suo motu cognizance and sought a report from the Karnataka High Court Registrar General in connection with the viral video.
