The Kalaburagi bench of the Karnataka HC was hearing a case where the petitioner had challenged the decree of the Lok Adalat. The bench dismissed the decree and placed the matter before the civil court.
The Karnataka High Court expressed strong anguish over the ordeal that a 42-year-old woman had to go through when she was tied to a pole, beaten and stripped after her son eloped with another girl from the same village.
The Court allowed Deputy CM DK Shivakumar to withdraw a plea against the CBI after being informed that the Congress-led State government has withdrawn consent granted by the earlier regime for a CBI probe.