Pulse of the Public
Pulse of the Public
Legal & Professional Services news and updates from Belagavi district.
The First Additional Civil and JMFC Court in Chikkodi delivered an eco-friendly sentence, ordering a man convicted of drunk and disorderly conduct to plant 50 saplings. Accompanied by his wife, the offender planted 25 saplings each at the court complex and Sadalga Police Station.
The High Court of Karnataka has set aside an externment order issued by the Belagavi Superintendent of Police against Chandrakant Shankar Vaddar, a resident of Nippani taluk. The court ruled that police superintendents do not hold statutory authority under the Karnataka Police Act to issue externment orders.
Kulgoda police in Mudalgi taluk have cracked the month-old disappearance of a 34-year-old woman, recovering her remains from a sugarcane field and arresting an acquaintance.
The Belagavi district police have arrested two men from Maharashtra in connection with the murder of a 52-year-old man on a hill near Tavandi village in Nippani taluk. The suspects were apprehended in Pune by a special police team following a swift investigation.
The First Additional Civil Judge and JMFC Court in Chikkodi directed an offender who pleaded guilty to public nuisance to plant and care for 50 saplings on court and police station premises.