Moodbidri,May 1: Alvas PU College has achieved better performance this time in the second PUC results, which were announced on Monday.

A total of 5,825 candidates appeared for the examinations, among which 5,764 students have passed by bringing over all pass percentage of the institution to 98.95.

Alvas’ Chetan Pai from Commerce department has bagged third rank in state-level with 593 marks; Lakshmi Narayana Reddy stood fourth in the state by scoring 592 marks, while Bharat Gajanana Hegde and Prithvi Ganapathi Hegde scored 591 and achieved 5th spot in the state.

In Science, Milisha Rodrigues stood fourth in state by securing 593 marks and Varsha KS, Harish DG and Shweta Hegde scored 592 each and bagged state-level fifth place.

In Arts, Kshetramayyam Sanjay Singh 568, Hema PB 564, blind students Satwik Shetty 540, Dikshit 519 and Ankita Shetty scored 497 marks.

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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.

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