Panjimogaru residents demand high level probe into double murder

September 19, 2011

Mangalore, September 19: Residents of Panjimogaru on Monday staged a protest in the city, demanding a high level inquiry into the brutal murder of a mother and her daughter occurred nearly three months ago.

35-year-old house wife Razia and her 8-year old daughter Fathima Zuha were murdered in their two-story house at Panjimogaru in Kavoor police station limits on June 28. Despite a prolonged investigation the Mangalore police have remained clueless about the identity of the killers and the motive.

Frustrated by the failure of police department in solving this case, over five dozes of local residents under the banner of Democratic Youth Federation of India, gathered outside the office of DK Deputy Commissioner and strongly demanded that the investigation of the case should be handed over either to the Central Bureau of Investigation or the Crime Investigation Department.

Addressing the protesters DK district unit president of DYFI Muneer Katipalla said that the failure of police in this case has created a sense of insecurity among the local residents.

He also said that if the offenders were not apprehended, it would create a sense of impunity among criminals and encourage them to carry out such acts in future, he said.

Mr Katipalla said that residents of Panjimogaru and surrounding area have lost trust in local police, who have resorted to unscientific method of investigation and trying to make family members and local people scape goat to hide their inability.

Congress leader Moideen Bava, Mangalore city unit president of DYFI Imtiyaz BK and Dayanand Shetty were present among others.

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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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