There’s a match-fixing between Cong and SDPI; NIA unit in Bengaluru will affect their politics: Tejasvi Surya

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October 1, 2020

Bengaluru, Oct 1: BJP’s youth wing supremo and Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya has claimed that Congress and Social Democratic Party of India are against the establishment of NIA unit in Bengaluru as it will harm them.

Speaking to media persons, he strongly defended his ‘epicentre of terror’ remark, and said that it was triggered by the arrest of an alleged ISIS terrorist in Basavangudi and the recent DJ Halli violence.

Surya clarified saying that he meant to say that he did not want Bengaluru to be a terror hub. DJ Halli riots in which police stations were torched, he said, made his ‘blood boil’.

He said that a request for an NIA unit was made to protect the city. “There is a match-fixing between the Congress and the SDPI. They are opposing NIA because it will affect their politics,” the MP said.

On apology demanded by JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy, he referred to the recent riots asking why none of the JD(S) leaders visited MLA Akhanda Srinivasmurthy, who was formerly with them. “They fear that they will lose votes of another community if they back Srinivasmurthy, who is a Dalit,” he added.

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Supreme Court raps Karnataka HC judge over ‘Pakistan’ and ‘undergarment’ remarks

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September 20,2024

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today sought a report from the Karnataka High Court over controversial remarks made by Justice Vedavyasachar Srishananda during a recent court hearing.

Justice Srishananda, while addressing a landlord-tenant dispute, referred to a Muslim-majority area in Bengaluru as "Pakistan" and made a misogynistic comment involving a woman lawyer.

A five-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, along with Justices S Khanna, B R Gavai, S Kant, and H Roy, expressed the need for establishing clear guidelines for constitutional court judges regarding their remarks in court.

The Supreme Court bench said that when social media plays an active role in monitoring and amplifying courtroom proceedings, there is an urgency to ensure judicial commentary aligns with the decorum expected from courts of law.

"Our attention has been drawn to some comments made by Karnataka High Court judge Justice V Srishananda during the conduct of judicial proceedings. We have asked the AG and SG to assist us. We ask the registrar general of the High Court to submit a report to this court after seeking administrative directions from the Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court. This exercise may be carried out in 2 weeks," the top court directed.

Videos of Justice Srishanananda have gone viral on social media.

In one video, he refers to a Muslim-dominated locality in Bengaluru as "Pakistan" and on another video he was seen making objectionable comments against a woman lawyer. In the second incident, Justice Srishanananda can be heard telling the woman lawyer that she seemed to know a lot about the "opposition party", so much so that she might be able to reveal the colour of their undergarments.

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