Belagavi: Woman gives birth after watching youtube, kills infant; couple arrested
Belagavi: The Kittur police have arrested a couple for allegedly killing their newborn in Ambadgatti village of Kittur taluk. The accused have been identified as Mahabaleshwar Rudrappa Kamoji (31) and Simran Maulasab Manikabai (22).
On March 5, the body of a newborn girl was found in a garbage pit near a house in Ambadgatti. During the investigation, police discovered that Simran had been in a relationship with Mahabaleshwar for three years. She had become pregnant, but her family remained unaware due to her body size.
On March 5, when she went into labour, she delivered the baby girl in a bathroom without medical assistance, following YouTube videos for guidance. Mahabaleshwar, her partner, reportedly assisted her over a video call. To conceal the birth, the couple allegedly wrapped the infant in plastic and discarded the body in a garbage pit.
Belagavi Superintendent of Police Dr. Bhimashankar Guled confirmed the arrests, stating that both accused have been remanded in judicial custody.
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Justice Varma transferred to Allahabad HC amid probe over discovery of cash at his home
New Delhi, Mar 28 (PTI): The government Friday notified the transfer of Delhi High Court judge Yashwant Varma to his parent Allahabad High Court, the order coming amid a row over alleged discovery of a huge amount of cash from his official residence here. The Law Ministry issued a notification announcing his transfer.
Recommending his repatriation to the government on Monday, the Supreme Court Collegium had asserted the move was separate from an in-house probe ordered by the top court over the alleged discovery of cash from Justice Varma's residence after a fire incident around 11.35 on the night of Holi, March 14.
Following the incident, Chief Justice of India had directed the Delhi High Court to withdraw judicial work from the judge.
On March 21, the Supreme Court said Delhi High Court Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya had initiated an in-house inquiry against Justice Varma and there was a separate proposal to transfer the judge.
Justice Upadhyaya was stated to have commenced the inquiry prior to a meeting of the apex court Collegium on March 20.
On March 22, the CJI uploaded on the SC website the inquiry report by Chief Justice Upadhyaya, and constituted the three-member committee to conduct an in-house inquiry.
Two days later, the Supreme Court Collegium formally recommended to the Centre Justice Varma's transfer.
"The Supreme Court Collegium in its meetings held on March 20 and 24, 2025 has recommended the repatriation of Justice Yashwant Varma, Judge, High Court of Delhi, to the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad," an SC resolution on that day read.
The next day, the three-member SC committee visited Justice Varma's residence, commencing its inquiry into the matter.
Justice Varma has denounced any insinuation and said no cash was ever placed at the site either by him or any of his family members.
Earlier today, the top court rejected a PIL seeking Delhi Police to register an FIR over over the alleged discovery of burnt wads of cash from his official residence, calling the petition "premature".
A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan said the in-house inquiry was in progress and there would be several options open to the Chief Justice of India after the probe concludes.
Members of the Allahabad High Court Bar Association have been protesting against the Collegium's recommendation to repatriate Justice Varma to the Allahabad HC. The protesting lawyers met Chief Justice Khanna in Delhi Thursday.
Separately, the government also notified the repatriation of Delhi High Court judge Chandra Dhari Singh to the Allahabad High Court.
The Collegium had in November last year recommended Justice Singh's repatriation.
In another order, Justice Arindam Sinha was transferred from the Orissa High Court to the Allahabad High Court. The Supreme Court Collegium had recommended his transfer earlier this month.
