Sowjanya murder: Case against YouTuber MD Sameer transferred from Bengaluru to Dharwad Bench of HC
Bengaluru: The High Court has transferred the hearing of YouTuber MD Sameer’s petition challenging the case against him for having shared a video clip connected to the Sowjanya rape and murder case from the principal bench in Bengaluru to the Dharwad Bench.
The FIR against Sameer was filed at the Cowl Bazaar Police Station of Ballari in March 2025. The single-judge bench of Justice Mohammad Nawaz heard on Tuesday the petition filed by the YouTuber for a quashing of the case.
The advocate who represented the petitioner asked for the case to be shifted to the Dharwad Bench as the case was filed in Ballari. The advocate also asked the bench to extend the order to stay the FIR and provide interim protection for Sameer till the hearing was transferred to Dharwad.
The public prosecutor objected to the hearing being transferred to another bench, stating that the petitioner would have to file a fresh petition at the Dharwad Bench. The prosecutor also said that an interim solution could not be sought by the petitioner.
Justice Nawaz said that the HC had already stayed the FIR filed against the petitioner and the government had filed a petition for clearance of the interim order. He ordered that the hearing of the case be transferred to Dharwad, clarifying that it was only an issue of jurisdictional limits.
He added that several cases had been transferred similarly earlier too and that the petitioner was not required to file a fresh petition.
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Rupee falls 9 paise to all-time low of 90.58 against US dollar in early trade
Mumbai (PTI): Rupee depreciated 9 paise to an all-time low of 90.58 against US dollar in early trade on Monday, weighed down by uncertainty over an India-US trade deal and persistent foreign fund outflows.
Forex traders said rupee is trading with a negative bias as investors are in wait and watch mode and awaiting cues from the India-US trade deal front.
At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 90.53 against the US dollar, then fell further to an all-time intraday low of 90.58 against the greenback, registering a fall of 9 paise over its previous close.
On Friday, the rupee had slipped 17 paise to close at an all-time low of 90.49 against the American currency.
Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, was trading 0.05 per cent lower at 98.35.
Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, was trading higher by 0.52 per cent at USD 61.44 per barrel in futures trade.
On the domestic equity market front, the 30-share benchmark index Sensex was trading 298.86 points lower at 84,968.80, while the Nifty was down 121.40 points at 25,925.55.
Foreign Institutional Investors sold equities worth Rs 1,114.22 crore on Friday, according to exchange data.
"FPIs continue to be in selling mode in equity and debt while RBI has been selling dollars to fund their long positions," said Anil Kumar Bhansali, Head of Treasury and Executive Director Finrex Treasury Advisors LLP.
