Four of family drown as car plunges into canal
Madikeri, August 06: Four persons of the same family drowned as the car in which they were travelling plunged into a canal near Mantikoppalu in Periyapatna taluk on Monday.
The deceased were identified as Palaniswamy (45), Sanju Kumari (34), Poornima (19) and Likhith (15). The accident occurred when the family was going to their land at Lakshmipura after visiting the post office at Doddakamaravalli in the taluk. The family had land in Lakshmipura village, but was residing at Napoklu in Kodagu district for the last ten years. Palaniswamy was working as a mason. As both Poornima and Likhith were physically disabled, they have gone to the post office to get the physically disabled pension and were going to their land in the car, it is said.
While driving the car near Mantikoppalu village, Palaniswamy lost control over the car and plunged into the Harangi right bank canal. Because of the current, the car was dragged for some meters in the canal and all the four died inside the car.
Fire brigade and police lifted the car from the canal and removed the bodies. Bettadapura police registered a case and bodies were handed over to the relatives after postmortem at Kushalnagar community health centre.
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K’taka HC judge whose controversial remarks triggered controversy expresses regret before open court
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.
