Kumaraswamy congratulates Police officers
Journalist Gauri Lankesh murder case
Mangaluru: Chief Minister Kumaraswamy has said that the high-level officers of the police department have succeeded in cracking the murder case of Journalist Gauri Lankesh and they must be congratulated.
He was addressing a press conference after senior district level officers’ meeting held on Friday at D.K ZP auditorium in connection with the development of DK district.
It has been a year since the Gauri was assassinated. The team of police officers, who led the investigation in the best way, will also carry out the investigation into the murder case of researcher Dr. MM Kalaburagi.
The behavior of some of the forces for seeking votes is getting increasingly debated today. The government has taken this seriously. The coalition government is serious in maintaining peace and save civilians, Kumaraswamy said
Udupi District in-charge Minister Dr. Jayamala, MLC SL Bojegowda, BM Farooq, Harish Kumar, Mayor Bhaskar Moily, Deputy Commissioner Sasikanth Senthil, Police Commissioner TR Suresh, and SP Ravikanthe Gowda were present.
Do not speculate:
“Following an illness, the DK District in-charge Minister UT Khader is taking rest as per doctor’s suggestion. I have already collected all the information about the DK district from him. Do not raise any speculations over his absence, the chief minister said.
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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.
