Top news developments in Karnataka on December 2, 2022
The Hindu
Here are the key news developments to watch out for from Karnataka today
1. Efforts are on to trap and relocate two leopards on the prowl on the outskirts of Bengaluru, leading to panic in the areas. Similar incidents are being reported from Mysuru district. Experts say there is no need to panic if people take some precautions.
2. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will visit Belagavi and Dharwad districts today to inaugurate various developmental projects.
3. Association of People with Disabilities held an interactive awareness drive at Lalbagh Botanical Garden, East Gate, from 10 a.m., ahead of World Disabilities Day tomorrow.
4. Lahari Advocates Forum is organising the 16th P.G.C. Chenghappa Memorial Lecture. Prabhuling K. Navadgi, Advocate General, Karnataka, will deliver the lecture on ‘Constitution of India - A Transformative Charter’. Justice Prasanna B. Varale, Chief Justice, High Court of Karnataka, will be participating as the guest of honour at Patron-in-Chief Hall, High Court of Karnataka, from 5 p.m. onwards.
5. The valedictory programme of Southern India Science Drama festival, organised by Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum, will be held today along with prize distribution at VITU Auditorium, Kasturba Road, at 3.30 p.m.
6. Akhila Bharatha Veerashaiva Mahasabha will today give details about its planned 23rd Mahaadiveshana and Prathiba Puraskar programme,
7. Madhuram Arts Foundation is organising its tenth Bhajan Mela from December 2 to 4. The inaugural day’s programme features Namasankeerthanam by Suresh Bhagavathar and party from Chennai, 4 p.m.; Carnatic vocal concert by J.S. Sriram from Hyderabad, 6 p.m.; Panduranga Leelai by Cuddalore Gopi Bhagavathar and party from Chennai. 8 p.m. The venue is Vidyaranyapura Dharmika Trust, Sri Anjaneya Swamy Temple, 2nd Block, HMT Layout, Vidyaranyapura.
“We are judges and therefore, cannot act like Mughals of a bygone era ... the writ courts in the guise of doing justice cannot transcend the barriers of law,” the High Court of Karnataka observed while setting aside an order of a single judge, who in 2016 had extended the lease of a public premises allotted to a physically challenged person to 20 years contrary to 12-year period stipulated in the law.
The High Court of Karnataka on Monday declined to interfere, at present, in the investigation against a Bharatiya Janata Party worker, who is among the accused persons facing charges of circulating obscene clips, related to “morphed” images and videos clips related to Prajwal Revanna, former Hassan MP, in public domain through pen drives and other modes.