Justice V Srishananda ‘I will not make such comments anymore’, to whom did the judge who called Bengaluru’s Muslim-dominated area Pakistan express regret?

Justice V Srishananda: Karnataka High Court judge Justice V Srisananda, who called an area of ​​Bengaluru as Pakistan, has expressed regret over his comment. Justice Srisananda today called the representatives of the Bar Association to his court and said that his intention was not to comment on any particular community. He assured the High Court lawyers that he will not make such comments in future. The judge has also given his clarification on the insensitive comment made while reprimanding a woman lawyer.

She clarified that whatever she had said was about the party in the case for whom the woman lawyer had appeared. Representatives of the High Court Bar Association requested Justice Srisananda not to comment on topics outside the case while hearing it. The judge has assured them to take care of this.

Supreme Court took cognizance

For your information, let us tell you that the Supreme Court has taken cognizance of the judge’s comment. A bench of 5 senior-most judges of the Supreme Court headed by the Chief Justice has sought a report on the matter from the Registrar of the Karnataka High Court. It is expected that after Justice Srisananda’s statement today, this matter will no longer escalate. Actually, this controversial comment was made by Judge Srisananda on August 28 after discussing road safety. When he described a particular area of ​​​​Bangalore as “in Pakistan”. The second comment was made for a female lawyer. Both comments are being heavily criticized on social media.

Demand raised to ban live streaming of court proceedings

The Advocates’ Association had demanded a temporary ban on live streaming and demanded sensitivity on the part of the judges in view of the controversy. He said that many YouTube channels were running clippings of the proceedings with adverse and mischievous meanings and titles. Let us tell you that senior advocate Kapil Sibal, who was representing the West Bengal government in the Kolkata rape murder case, had also demanded a ban on live streaming of the Kolkata rape murder case from the Supreme Court. Which was rejected by the Supreme Court.