The Supreme Court questioned the Karnataka High Court’s decision to discharge JD(S) leader H.D. Revanna in a sexual harassment case filed by a former domestic worker. “How can the High Court change the charges after the trial court took cognisance?” the Bench asked.
The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Assam Government on the bail plea of Shyamkanu Mahanta, an accused in the case linked to the death of Assam music icon Zubeen Garg. Mahanta, organiser of the North East India Festival in Singapore, approached the apex court after the Gauhati High Court rejected his bail plea.
