Yuva Morcha activists embark on eye donation drive in DK

June 26, 2012

Mangalore, June 26: In order to create mass awareness regarding voluntary eye donation, a team of BJP Yuva Morcha activists from Mangalore South unit have embarked on a district-wide campaign under the banner of 'Kamala Jyothi'.

The campaign kick started on the occasion of the death anniversary of Syama Prasad Mookerjee, the godfather of modern Hindutva and Hindu Nationalism, with 38 young activists led by Adv. Raghavendra Rao, President, BJP Yuva Morch, Mangalore South, voluntarily pledging to donate their eyes.

Satish Prabhu was the resource person and Kishor Kumar was the chief guest. Guru Prasad Shetty compered the programme. Rakshith, Gurucharan, Naveen, Shreedhar, Shivaram and Bharath were present among others.

Speaking to coastaldigest.com Mr Rao said that the 'Kamala Jyothi' team would travel across Dakshina Kannada to create awareness among people.

He said that India is now home to the world's largest number of blind people. Of the 37 million people across the globe who are blind, over 15 million are from India. On the other hand, while India needs 2.5 lakh donated eyes every year, the country's eye banks manage to collect a maximum of just 25,000 eyes, 30% of which can't be used.

Mr Rao also said that shortage of donated eyes is becoming a huge problem in India. Of the 15 million blind people in country, three million, 26% of whom are children, suffer due to corneal disorders. But only 10,000 corneal transplants are being done every year due to the shortage of donated eyes, he added.

“Eye donation is the need of the hour. People are now aware of significance of blood donation. But they hesitate to donate their eyes even after their death, because many people have a blind belief that if they donate their eyes they would become blind in the next birth. We have to eradicate such blind beliefs and encourage people to donate their eyes”, said Mr Rao.

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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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