Haveri: Partially burnt body of 17-year-old girl found
Rape and murder suspected
HAVERI: The dead body of a PU-2 student of KLE’s Gudleppa Hallikeri College has been found at a bush near Varadahalli Bridge on the National Highway 4.
The deceased has been identified as Renuka Patil (17), a resident of Mannur village in Savanur taluk. She was studying in the second PU commerce at GH College.
Renuka, who had gone to college on August 6, did not return home. Renuka's brother and sister were also studying in the Gudleppa Hallikeri College. The sister had not gone to college due to some work. Her brother was studying in Arts and returned home early because he had no classes. When Renuka did not return ever after the late evening, the family members started calling her friends and relatives. When they received negative answers, her parents filed a complaint with the Haveri rural police.
Renuka was not found even when Police and family members searched for her. But, a young woman's body was found at a bush near Varadahalli Bridge on the National Highway 4. When the police informed the parents to recognise the dead body, they broke down. Later, her grandfather went with the police and identified the body.
SP Parashuram, DySP Kumar, and Haveri rural police have visited the spot, and the investigation is on.
Rape and murder suspected
It has been suspected that while returning from college on August 6, miscreants abducted Renuka and dragged her into a bush near Varadahalli Bridge and raped her. The perpetrators later burned and murdered her to destroy evidence.
While some clues in this connection have been gathered, we have intensified the operation by creating three teams led by DySP Kumarappa, DCRB DYSP Narayana Baramani and DCIB Inspector Santosh Patil of Haveri.
Parshuram, SP
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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.
