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  • Rajya Sabha polls: Congress may sequester its MLAs in resort

    The ruling Congress is said to be planning to sequester its 135 MLAs in a private resort ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls scheduled for February 27 as the party leaders are worried over reports of its MLAs and independent members being approached by the NDA leaders.

    The presence of Kupendra Reddy, a wealthy businessman, as JDS candidate in the electoral fray has disturbed the peace of top Congress leaders, especially, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president DK Shivakumar.

    He had, on Monday, accused JDS leader HD Kumaraswamy of making “offers” to Congress MLAs to influence them to vote for his party candidate in the February 27 polls. The Congress has even filed a complaint with the Vidhana Soudha police accusing the Opposition parties of trying to lure its MLAs with offers of bribes for voting for the JDS candidate in the RS polls.

    Reddy has emerged as NDA’s surprise fifth candidate. If not for him, the four candidates would have won unopposed.

    The Congress is confident of securing the full support of its 135 MLAs, and three independents to get its three candidates through. There are only four RS vacancies in Karnataka, and the BJP and Congress have fielded one and three candidates, respectively. The JDS has maintained that it has fielded Reddy not to let the NDA’s surplus votes go waste. AICC leader Ajay Maken and sitting Rajya Sabha members GC Chandrashekar and Syed Naseer Hussain are contesting from the Congress while the BJP has fielded former MLC Narayansa Bhandage. A candidate needs 45 votes to win.

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  • Judges resort to contempt of court docket when its prone to have an effect on esteem of judiciary: Kerala HC

    Kochi, Feb 24: A division bench of the Kerala High Court on Friday acknowledged that Judges resort to contempt of court docket instances solely when feedback from the general public transcend private assaults and tackle a color that might tarnish the picture of the complete judiciary.

    The court docket made the commentary whereas contemplating a contempt of court docket case it had initiated in opposition to the president of the political organisation V4Kochi, Nipun Cherian, for his remarks in opposition to a sitting choose of the High Court on the V4Kochi Facebook web page.

    Despite being summoned repeatedly, Cherian by no means confirmed up in court docket resulting in the issuance of a non-bailable warrant in opposition to him earlier this week.

    Cherian, nevertheless, reached the gates of the High Court as soon as however refused to enter, stating that his fellow V4Kochi members also needs to be allowed inside together with him.

    It was the division bench of Justices A.Okay. Jayasankaran Nambiar and C.P.Mohammed Nias that stated, “Our citizenry must realize that Judges in this country work under enormous pressure owing to the mounting pendency of cases in our courts, and the infrastructural and other constraints that affect the justice delivery system.

    Despite that, and on account of their discipline and training as judicial officers, they do not react to uncharitable, and often unjustified, comments from the public about their judicial performance. Their restraint stems from the nobility that they possess”, the bench noticed.

    “It is only when confronted with comments or remarks that go well beyond personal attacks, and have the propensity to defame or lower the esteem of the judicial institution itself, that they respond swiftly with the only weapon in their judicial armoury – the proceedings for contempt of court,” the order acknowledged.

    And making a powerful commentary of Cherian’s actions, the Court stated, “Such conduct on the part of litigants entering the premises of this hallowed institution, and especially from one who is already facing trial for criminal contempt of this Court, is wholly unacceptable and will not be countenanced under any circumstances.

    The courts in our country are overly burdened with litigation and its Judges do not have the time to pander to such idiosyncratic behaviour of litigants”.

    The case will now be heard on Tuesday.

    Judges resort to contempt of court docket when it is prone to have an effect on esteem of judiciary: Kerala HC IANS 24 February 2023 Post Your Comments

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