Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka takes charge as Karnataka High Court's Chief Justice
Bengaluru: Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka on Friday took oath as the Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court at the Raj Bhavan here in the city. He was administered the oath by Governor Vajubhai Vala in the presence of Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy and Dy.CM Dr. G Parameshwar.
Justice Oka was the second senior most judge in Bombay High Court before his elevation as the Karnataka High Court’s Chief Justice.
59-year old Justice Oka enrolled as an Advocate in 1983 and was later elevated as the Additional Judge of the Bombay High Court in August 2003 and was confirmed as the permanent Judge in November 2005.
After Karnataka High Court’s Chief Justice Dinesh Maheshwari was elevated as the Judge of Supreme Court in January this year, Justice L Narayana Swamy was appointed as the Acting Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court.
Chief Secretary TM Vijay Bhaskar, DG&IGP Neelamani N Raju and others were present during the oath taking ceremony on Friday.
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Kerala court sentences 20-year-old man in minor girl rape case
Kollam (Kerala) (PTI): A Kerala court has sentenced a 20-year-old man to 21 years of imprisonment for raping a minor girl after befriending her on a social media app.
Karunagappally Fast Track Special Court judge Rajeevan Vachal sentenced the convict to 21 years under the relevant provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, special public prosecutor (SPP) N C Premchandran said.
The court also imposed a fine of Rs 1.1 lakh on the convict, the prosecutor said.
The incident occurred in 2024 when the accused befriended her on a social media app and then offered to take her to the Azheekal beach here.
However, instead of taking her to the beach, he took her to an isolated place behind the CHC hospital at Mynagappally here and raped her, the SPP said.
Following the incident, the girl attempted suicide, but was saved and then told the doctors what had happened, the prosecutor said.
The hospital authorities informed the police, who registered a case and launched an investigation.
The prosecutor said that seven witnesses were examined and 20 documents were submitted before the court to substantiate the guilt of the accused.
