Judiciary should set example by denying anticipatory bail for culprits'

November 9, 2011

Mangalore, November 9: Mocking at the practice of the elite of getting themselves admitted to hospital when caught in legal net, Justice Michael Saldanha said that Judiciary should set example by denying or holding the plea for anticipatory bail by such culprits till they recuperate and get discharged from the hospitals.

Addressing a news conference in Mangalore on Tuesday, Justice Michael Saldanha speaking about recent church vandalism incident and the recent trends that have emerged as the repercussion to political instability in the State, said that, of the cases filed in the Karnataka State where illness is pleaded, only 1.4 per cent have some substance in it while the rest are all fake.

“In most of the cases it is only the powerful who either fall ill or are out of station when the police come searching for them. The poor are always caught and produced before the Court. The Court should come out clear and say that if you are absconding then you are disqualified to get anticipatory bail,” Justice Saldanha said adding that there is 'zero justification for hospitalisation' in most of the cases in the Karnataka State .

With regard to the VIP treatment given to the ministers and other notorious criminals in jails, Justice Saldanha said that details must be sought with regard to the money spent to provide special facilities at Parappana Agrahara Prison as well as other jails where these Ministers have been kept.

“It is better to construct a tunnel from Vidhana Saudha to Parappana Agrahara so that at least traffic in this route will be relaxed,” he said in a lighter tone.

Justice Saldanha said that while congestion in Court prevents poor from getting a bail for several days or months, these elite criminals when arrested by the police, manage to get bail in matter of hours.

“In special cases, applications are taken out of turn, even while 1,700 applicants wait in queue for their turn to come,” he said questioning as to under which provision of law these people are given special treatment.

With regard to recent vandalism in churches in the city, Justice Saldanha said that there is a need to have incisive investigation into the same as he feels that there are invisible hands playing behind these incidents.

“These are not sporadic incidents. Instead they are pre-planned. If these are sporadic incidents, then why have the vandalism taken place in prayer halls of one particular religion. If the person responsible for the incident is a lunatic venting out his frustration, has he vented it out at a religious centre of one religion and not anywhere else,” the Justice questioned.

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Block, district presidents in Karnataka will be changed soon: KPCC working president

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September 14,2024

Mangaluru: The block level and District Congress Committee presidents in the state will be changed in the next one month for better reach into society and bring in organisational fortification, said Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee working president G C Chandrasheker on Saturday.

The All India Congress Committee and KPCC have a vision for bringing a change in how the party works with the last man and woman in the state, he said at a press conference here.

"We are looking at bringing development models into the state with a new vision. We are a party that likes to work with the opposition in the developmental aspects and keep all other matters away that do not relate to the development of the state.

"We have a great respect for the people of the coast who are considered to be forward-looking and perceptible, but it is also true that we do not have the numbers in the upper house and in the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs)," he said.

"Our endeavour is to not only create a strong pro-development workforce at the base level by strengthening the second and third level leadership in the state," he said.

Chandrasheker, who is also a Rajya Sabha member, said that he and his four colleagues of the rank of working presidents of the KPCC are going to every district to infuse the new thinking in our workers and leaders.

"This move will get a new surge considering the party is facing byelections in Shiggaon, Chennapatna and Sandhur segments and also vacant seats in the legislative council, followed by elections to the Urban Local Bodies and Panchayats" he said.

When asked about the reason for the changes, Chandrashekar said most of the people have already lived their tenures. The party wants to reward those who have not been given tickets to contest in the 2023 state assembly elections and 2024 Lok Sabha elections for political reasons.

There are quite good leaders and hard-working ground level workers who have great potential to lead the party in the coming years, he said.

"Women will get at least one top post in all District Congress Committees and block levels. There is also a move to give responsible positions for the workers and leaders coming from different strata of society, which are deliverable. The party will not shy away from it," he said.

The other two working presidents, Dr Manjunath Bhandary and Vasanth Kumar, were also present at the press conference.

Kumar said some of the regions in the state are dominated by the BJP. "We want to end this run and defeat the divisive models of the BJP." Bhandary said the Indian National Congress was aiming at a high development phase in the state and involve the opposition parties and their leaders in the development plans in the state.

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