ADVOCATE R. KARUNANIDHI, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court

A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF EXERCISING JUDICIAL POWERS BY THE REVENUE OFFICIALS AND POLICE OFFICIALS - R. KARUNANIDHI, Advocate Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court Published in CTC Journal on 22 Dec 2022 https://www.ctclibrary.com/blogpage/?id=MTI1NDA1 INTRODUCTION My endeavor in this article is to discuss the contemporary events in the exercising of judicial powers by the Revenue Officials and Police Officials in terms of their powers given under the Criminal Procedure Code with the purpose of maintaining law and order and preventing the crimes. Article 50 of the India Constitution insists that the State shall take steps to separate the judiciary from the executive in the public services of the State. Recently, a person was sentenced to imprisonment by a Revenue Divisional Officer / Sub Divisional Executive Magistrate, for conducting an indoor meeti...

          Hon'ble Mr. Justice Krishnan Ramasamy               - A Compassionate Judge My heartfelt salutations to the judge who felt the pain of a little girl suffering from pity and grief as his own pain       கருணை, கரிசணை, பாதிக்கப்பட்ட ஒரு சிறுமியின் வலியை தன் வலி போல் உணர்ந்த அந்த நீதிபதியின் உணர்வுக்கு என் நெஞ்சார்ந்த வணக்கங்கள். மூன்று வயதுக்குழந்தை தன் தாயுடன் சமயபுரம் மாரியம்மன் கோவிலுக்குள் சென்று கடவுளை வணங்கிவிட்டு வெளியே வரும்போது சற்றே பிளிறுண்ட யானையைப் பார்த்த மக்கள் கூட்டம் அங்கும் இங்கும் சிதறிய நேரத்தில், தாயின் கையில் இருந்த அந்த சிறுமியின் தொண்டைப் பகுதியை தும்பிக்கையால் யானை தாக்கியது என்பதுதான் மனுதாhரின் வழக்கு. அச்சிறுமியின் குரல்வலை முழுவதுமாக சிதைந்ததை தொடர்ந்து அச்சிறுமி இப்போதுவரை மூச்சுக்காற்றை செயற்கை உபகரணம் வழியே சுவாசிக்கிறார், பேசும் ஆற்றலை இழந்தார் மற்றும் உணவைக் கூழாக்கி உண்கிறார். நினைத்துப்பார்த்தாலே நமக்கு தலைச்சுற்றும் ஆனால் ...

  The Information was obtained by a lawyer based in Madurai under the Right to Information Act, 2005. The Hindu: Madurai: Wednesday, April 29, 2015.   Information obtained by a lawyer based in Madurai under the Right to Information Act, 2005 has revealed how Lok Adalats are turning out to be more of an exercise aimed at projecting fancy figures of disposal instead of being an effective alternative mechanism to redress grievances.   The information obtained by R. Karunanidhi from the Additional Superintendent-cum-Public Information Officer of the Central Prison in Salem states that 416 prisoners involved in petty cases were released on payment of fine during a Lok Adalat conducted in the prison on September 7.   However, answering a series of pointed questions posed by the lawyer, the PIO said that of those who were released, 283 were arrested and lodged in the prison on September 6, a day before the Lok Adalat, and 109 were arrested, lodged an...

  SANCTION FOR PROSECUTION UNDER VARIOUS ACTS (Reported in 2015 (2) MLJ (Crl) Page 45) -       R. KARUNANIDHI, Advocate                                                    (Madurai Bench of Madras High Court) This Essay’s endeavor is to discuss sanction contained in the various legislations and verdicts of the different courts in India with regard to the Government Servants. Before going to discuss the legislation fundamentally we need to see whether this sanction is discriminative or not. Article 14 of the Constitution of India does not render Section 197 of Criminal Procedure Code, ultra vires as the discrimination is based upon a rational classification. Public servants have to be protected from harassment in the discha...