Subrahmanya: 5 persons seriously injured in accident
Kadaba: Minimum five persons were seriously injured, and a few others sustained minor injuries in a collision between Toofan and Indica car near Aleri on Dharmasthala-Subrahmanya state highway on Monday.
The accident occurred when a Toofan vehicle proceeding from Subrahmanya to Dharmasthala collided head-on with an Indica car coming from the opposite direction at Aleri cross. Injured have been hospitalised.
Kadaba police have registered a case in this regard.
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SC takes cognisance of ‘objectionable’ comments of Karnataka HC judge against woman lawyer
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Friday took suo motu cognisance of alleged controversial and objectionable comments made by a Karnataka High Court judge against a woman lawyer during court proceedings.
A five-judge bench comprising senior judges, including Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, assembled in the morning to take cognisance of the comments made by Justice Vedavyasachar Srishananda of the high court during judicial proceedings.
The bench sought a report from the high court on the comments of the judge.
"Attention has been drawn to media reports to the comments made by Justice...of Karnataka High Court during the court proceedings. We request the Karnataka High Court to submit report after seeking instructions from the Chief Justice of the high court," the CJI said.
"We may lay down some basic guidelines," the bench, which also comprised Justices Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, Surya Kant and Hrishikesh Roy, said.
The CJI said this exercise of filing a report maybe carried out in next two days and the report be filed with the secretary general of the apex court.The plea is now fixed for hearing on Wednesday.
In a viral video of the court proceedings, the judge was seen reprimanding a woman lawyer on Thursday and reportedly made some objectionable comments.
Senior advocate Indira Jaising took to 'X' to urge the CJI to take suo motu judicial note of the comments.
