Monti Fest celebrated with fervor in Dakshina Kannada
Mangaluru: The feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, also called the Monti Fest, was celebrated with fervor in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, and Kasargod district on Saturday. Monti is the Konkani name of Mother Mary. The festivities begin nine days in advance and culminate in the feast that marks the birth anniversary of Mother Mary.
The church priest blessed the new paddy at Rosario Cathedral in Mangaluru. Similarly, St. Lawrence Church in Bondel, Urva Church, Holy Cross Church of Kulasekhar and churches in Puttur, Belthangady, Sulya, Bantwal Taluk were thronged by the devotees.
The new rice meal is made of milk, coconut milk, and milk powder by crushing rice grain rice in the wake of the festival.
Meal prepared with the paddy and milk is the special food for this festival.
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Madras HC rules spousal privacy as a fundamental right, disallows evidence obtained through snooping
Chennai: In a landmark judgment, the Madras High Court emphasized the protection of spousal privacy as a fundamental right, ruling that evidence obtained by one spouse snooping on the other is inadmissible in court. This ruling came as Justice G.R. Swaminathan overturned a lower court's decision that had allowed a husband to submit his wife's call records in a marital dispute case.
The court made it clear that privacy, as a constitutionally guaranteed right, includes the privacy of married individuals from each other, rejecting the notion that marital misconduct permits invasion of personal privacy. "Law cannot proceed on the premise that marital misconduct is the norm. Privacy as a fundamental right includes spousal privacy, and evidence obtained by invading this right is inadmissible," stated the court.
The case originated in Paramakudi Subordinate Court, where the husband submitted the wife's call data as evidence to support claims of adultery, cruelty, and desertion. He had obtained these records without her consent, an act the High Court deemed a violation of privacy. Additionally, the call records were not accompanied by a certificate under Section 65B(4) of the Indian Evidence Act, making them procedurally inadmissible.
Justice Swaminathan noted that allowing such evidence would open doors to spouses spying on each other, damaging the foundational trust in marital relationships. “Trust forms the bedrock of matrimonial relationships. The spouses must have implicit and total faith in each other. Snooping destroys the fabric of marital life,” he stated.
The High Court further advised that allegations of misconduct could be pursued through authorized methods, such as interrogatories or affidavits, cautioning that the court must not assume marital misconduct as a norm justifying privacy breaches.
