Bangalore Court Violence

The war over the Cauvery river is getting uglier with widespread vandalism and massive protests paralysing parts of Karnataka, especially Bengaluru and Mysuru today. The protests come after the Supreme Court modified its last week's order, asking Karnataka to release less water from the Cauvery to Tamil Nadu but for more days.

A section of members of Advocates Association of Bangalore (AAB) on Tuesday boycotted proceedings of the bench headed by Karnataka High Court Chief Justice Vikramajit Sen protesting his "failure" to initiate action against those involved in the March 2 violence in city civil court complex.

Mr Reddy is charged with involvement in illegal mining. It was during his last appearance in court that violence broke out between lawyers, journalists and police - in a stand-off that lasted several hours. Clearly, the police will take no chances over security.

With the confrontation among lawyers, mediapersons and police over the violence in Bangalore city civil court complex continuing, Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda today called for restraint and sought their cooperation for an amicable settlement to the issue.

The Advocates Association of Bangalore gave a call for boycott of courts across Karnataka on Monday to protest alleged "police excesses" against some of its members at the Civil Court complex here. An emergency meeting of AAB, convened to discuss the violent incidents and police action on Friday and also media reports against lawyers, blamed police...

The war over the Cauvery river is getting uglier with widespread vandalism and massive protests paralysing parts of Karnataka, especially Bengaluru and Mysuru today. The protests come after the Supreme Court modified its last week's order, asking Karnataka to release less water from the Cauvery to Tamil Nadu but for more days.

A section of members of Advocates Association of Bangalore (AAB) on Tuesday boycotted proceedings of the bench headed by Karnataka High Court Chief Justice Vikramajit Sen protesting his "failure" to initiate action against those involved in the March 2 violence in city civil court complex.

Mr Reddy is charged with involvement in illegal mining. It was during his last appearance in court that violence broke out between lawyers, journalists and police - in a stand-off that lasted several hours. Clearly, the police will take no chances over security.

With the confrontation among lawyers, mediapersons and police over the violence in Bangalore city civil court complex continuing, Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda today called for restraint and sought their cooperation for an amicable settlement to the issue.

The Advocates Association of Bangalore gave a call for boycott of courts across Karnataka on Monday to protest alleged "police excesses" against some of its members at the Civil Court complex here. An emergency meeting of AAB, convened to discuss the violent incidents and police action on Friday and also media reports against lawyers, blamed police...