A lawyer claimed risk to lifetime of Karnataka Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi
Bengaluru:
A police case has been filed towards unknown folks for allegedly threatening the Karnataka Excessive Court docket Chief Justice over the current court docket order on hijab ban within the southern state. The state authorities mentioned it would give “Y class” safety to all of the three judges who gave the decision on the hijab matter.
In a First Info Report, lawyer Umapathi S alleged he acquired a video message on WhatsApp that gave an “open risk of homicide” to Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi.
The hijab is not an essential religious practice, the Karnataka Excessive Court docket had mentioned because it backed a ban on hijabs in lecture rooms on Tuesday, weeks after violent protests in lots of components of the state towards the restriction.
“I used to be shocked to see the video and its content material. That is why I instantly approached the (excessive court docket) Registrar,” the lawyer informed NDTV.
In a letter to Registrar, the lawyer mentioned, “I acquired WhatsApp video message round 9:45 am from my contacts. The mentioned video message is in Tamil language and after listening the identical I used to be shocked to know the open risk of homicide and goal Hon’ble Chief Justice of Karnataka Excessive Court docket and others within the wake of current judgment of Hon’ble Excessive Court docket of Karnataka banning of hijab.”
The lawyer alleged the video “appears to have originated from Tamil Nadu (in all probability Madurai district) in an open public assembly, the place the speaker refers back to the homicide of Hon’ble Choose whereas strolling in Jharkhand state.” An autorickshaw had intentionally ran over and killed a judge in Jharkhand in July final 12 months, which was seen on CCTV. The case was taken up by the Central Bureau of Investigation.
“The speaker makes an identical risk to Hon’ble Chief Justice of Karnataka by stating folks know the place the Chief Justice goes for strolling,” the lawyer alleged.
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai mentioned the state authorities will give “Y class safety” to the three judges who gave the decision within the hijab matter. “We have now determined to provide Y class safety to all of the three judges who gave the hijab verdict. I’ve instructed the police chief to probe the grievance,” Mr Bommai mentioned in Bengaluru.
The Karnataka Excessive Court docket’s order on the hijab ban has been challenged within the Supreme Court docket by Niba Naaz, a scholar who was not among the many 5 who had initially petitioned towards the hijab ban.
Colleges had affordable grounds to impose gown codes that forbade the hijab within the pursuits of stopping divisions on faith and different grounds, the judgment mentioned. “The intention of the regulation is to create a ‘secure area’… and the beliefs of egalitarianism must be readily obvious to all college students,” it mentioned.
