Mysore/Mysuru: Thieves have made away with the battery of a generator at the new Court complex at Malalawadi in Jayanagar. To prevent disruption in Court proceedings due to frequent power failures, an automatic generator fitted with a battery was installed. But about a week back, there was power disruption and the generator did not switch…
Mega Lok Adalat gets huge response
March 27, 2021All 52 Courts in district crowded with litigants, advocates; roads, parking spaces chock-a-block Mysore/Mysuru: With all the Government offices and Banks closed on account of Fourth Saturday, litigants queued up in front of all the 52 Courts in city and district in an attempt to solve their long-pending legal disputes in the Mega Lok Adalat…
Couple jailed for killing new-born in Nanjangud
February 3, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The 7th Additional District and Sessions Court has sentenced a woman to life imprisonment for killing her newborn baby and has also sentenced her lover to two years jail for throwing the baby’s body into a ditch. Those sentenced are Mangalagowri of Hediyala village in Nanjangud taluk and her lover Basavaraju of Gowdarahundi village….
One man, 25 cases, finally jailed for seven years
January 31, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: He has 25 cases on his head and was continuing his crime-spree till now. The long arms of law has finally caught up with him and he has now been handed a jail term of seven years. Nagendra is just 34 and the cases booked against his name include theft, murder and attempt to…
Wife killer sentenced to life
November 15, 2019Mysuru: A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment by City’s Fifth Additional District and Sessions Court after he was proved guilty of setting his wife ablaze and killing her. The convict is Prakash alias Boregowda, a resident of Kethupura village, Bannur Hobli in T. Narasipur taluk. Prakash had married Mamatha, daughter of Ramakrishna of…
Lok Adalat clears over 3,000 cases in city court
July 14, 2019Mysuru: Over 3,000 cases, pending before Mysuru City and Taluk Courts, were cleared at the Rashtriya Lok Adalat held at the City Law Court premises yesterday. The Lok Adalat commenced in the morning and went on till evening at 50 Benches with 3,322 cases out of 11,186 cleared and compensation of Rs.20,84,30,551 settled. Bank recovery…
Man gets jail for cheating after promising medical seat
July 4, 2019Mysuru: The Third Additional CJM Court has sentenced a man to two years jail for cheating a person in the guise of providing a medical seat. The accused is 43-year-old Ashok G. Olekar, a resident of Ramakrishnanagar ‘I’ Block in city. Olekar, in 2002, had told Dr. Ananthanathan, that he knew a few persons at…
Man sentenced to life imprisonment for killing wife
April 11, 2019Mysuru: The Fifth District and Sessions Court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment besides imposing a fine of Rs.35,000 for killing his wife. The man who has been sentenced is 45-year-old Doreswamy, a resident of Hadinaru village in Nanjangud. Doreswamy had married Mangalamma, 18 years ago. As Mangalamma gave birth to a specially abled…
Three sentenced to life for woman’s murder
April 10, 2019Mysuru: A city court has sentenced three persons to life imprisonment besides imposing a penalty of Rs. 20,000 on each, for the murder of a home-maker at Muddahalli in Nanjangud taluk in 2016. Ninganna of Muddahalli, his wife Nagamma and son M.S. Prasad are the ones who were sentenced. They were accused of killing Manjula,…
City advocates boycott Court against lady Judge
February 6, 2019Mysuru: Over 3,500 city advocates boycotted Court proceedings this morning protesting against the First Additional Family Court Judge alleging that the Lady Judge was not responding properly to advocates and litigants inside the Court Hall. Speaking to Star of Mysore, Mysore Bar Association Secretary B. Shivanna said that though the members of the Association had…
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