Tulu scholar Venkitaraja Puninchithaya dies at 75

July 14, 2012

Kasargod, July 14: P. Venkitaraja Puninchithaya, 75, noted Tulu scholar and litterateur, died of age-related ailments at 3.30 p.m. his residence at Bellur in the district on Friday.

Regarded as patriarch of modern Tulu language, Puninchithaya was the first president of the State Tulu Academy set up at Manjeswaram to promote the language spoken by a sizeable number of people in the district and parts of Karnataka's Dakshina Kannada district. He had translated many Tulu epics into Kannada.

He was also well-versed in Sanskrit, Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, and English.

The Mangalore University had bestowed honours on him for completing 32 research works in Tulu language.

He had translated the works of Vaikkom Muhammed Basheer and M.T. Vasudevan Nair into Kannada.

He was a teacher at Edaneer Swamiji Higher Secondary School and he won the national award for the best teacher in 1957-58. Puninchithaya is survived by wife, Vanitha, a son, and two daughters.

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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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