People's Legal Forum

10/11/2018

I was one of the Fact Finding Committee members, appointed by the All India Lawyers' Union (AILU) State Committee into the murder of Advocate Dattappa Laxman Bandivaddar of Sindagi taluk in Vijayapura district last week. Advocates from various parts of Karnataka namely Sri. Koteshwar Rao of Bellary, Sri. A. Karunanidhi of Hospet, Sri. R Jagannath of Mandya, Sri. Srinivas Kumar of Malavalli, Sri P S Ramesh of Bangalore and myself were in the team to find out the truth behind the incident. All of us visited the village of slain lawyer on 7th November and met his mother, sister and blind brother apart from villagers and neighbours. Later we met Sindagi Bar Association members and a few leaders of social organisations of the district.

40-year old Dattappa was mostly a civil layer who took up cases of his community members. He belonged to Bovi and was active in Bovi Yuva Vedike. On 31st October, when he was on the way to his village, Belaganoora, on his bike by 8.00 pm, the assailants chased him on another bike and hit him on his back with sharp weapons. When he fell down, the assailants repeatedly stabbed him. Hearing the screams of Dattappa, a few farmers came running to the spot to take to the hospital. He died in Vijayapura in the early hours on 1st November.

Three have been in judicial custody in connection with the murder. Since SC/ST Atrocities Act is attracted, DySP is the Investigation Officer. Charge sheet is to be ready.

Lawyer Dattappa had filed Vakalath to implead a person as defendant No.2 in O.S.81/2017 in the court of senior civil judge, Sindagi. It was collusion suit for specific performance. The impleading of defendant No.2 was a headache for the plaintiff. He had made threats to Dattappa several times in the court premises. In fact, there was a conspiracy to kill Dattappa for 15 days, according to police sources. However, police has not included Sec.120 B (criminal conspiracy) in the FIR. Still a few people who are the conspirators of the murder are still at large. They need to be brought under the law.

We did not find any political connections in the murder. Nevertheless, the brutal murder of Dattappa is really frightening. Where is the protection for a lawyer? If this could be the situation, what is the fate of lawyers in the country?

A lawyer from Dandeli of Uttara Kannada district, Anand Nayak was shot dead recently. The murder of Dattappa is the second in the series. It is really terrific. All the lawyers in the profession must take it seriously and demand for a Protection Law for lawyers. It is the need of the hour.

Adv. P P Baburaj
Mysore

01/11/2018

A must read letter by Medha Patkar

Your generation was aware of two vices – corruption and communalism. The spirit behind your then sermons is needed today.

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The racket was unearthed by Mysuru police about a year ago

01/10/2017

Now they have realized GST is a real burden for people. Late realizatiorn! India is moving towards economic disaster, according to former Finance Minister and BJP leader Yashwant Sinha. There are people in BJP who dare to tell the truth!

08/09/2017

Gouri Lankesh is still alive among us. Come to Ramaswamy Circle at 10.30 am on 12th September. Let us celebrate the freedom of speech and raise the voice of Mysore against the communalists.

03/04/2016

This week, Maoists struck Chhattisgarh with a deadly intent at a time when the state appears to have the upper hand. Over the past year, the police have claimed a big spike in arrests, surrenders and killings of Maoists. But anyone who tried to question the claims of security forces - journalists, a…

05/02/2016

Curing diabetes without medicines -
One day Workshop on 18th Feb

People’s Legal Forum (PLF) and UTurn Foundation have jointly organised one-day workshop on ‘curing diabetes without medicines’ by Kerala’s known nature healer Dr Jacob Vadakanchery at 9.30 am on 18th February at Govindegowda hall of Ideal Jawa Rotary School, JLB Road, Mysuru. The program is part of the series of lectures on ‘healthy life without medicines’ by Dr. Vadakanchery. The workshop will equip the patients with naturopathy techniques on how to heal diabetes without drugs. The entry is restricted to 100 participants only. For registration, call Baburaj 9448576297 or O.K.Premraj 9964477274.

02/01/2016

Dr Jacob Vadakanchery, famous naturopath from Kerala will be in Mysore tomorrow for PLF's workshop on 'healthy life without medicines' at Institution of Engineers, Mysore. Program will start at 9.30 am and end at 4.00 pm. You are welcome.

29/12/2015

Interfaith discussion on Peace held at Rangayana.

07/12/2015

We have organized a special talk on Interfaith discussion on Peace and Environment at Sriranga Hall, Rangayana, Mysuru at 4.00 pm on 12th December 2015 by Shri. Rakesh Bhatt, Peace Activist, Delhi organized by People's Legal Forum (PLF) and Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA)
You are all welcome!

08/09/2015

A book written by Mr P P Baburaj, Director of People's Legal Forum 'Oushadigalillada Arogya Jeevana' (healthy life without medicines) is released at 5 pm on 14th Sept at Rani Bahadur Auditorium, Manasagangotri, Hunsur Road, Mysuru. Dr Khadar will speak about ' what do we eat?' on this occasion. Please join us.

07/08/2015

My daughter, Emily Oshin, who recently released her debut English novella, 'The Three Stars', will be featured in 'Meet the Author' event at Just Books Library at its Kuvempunagar branch, Mysuru as part of the Library's 5th Anniversary at 11 am on Sunday, 9th August. Emily will interact with the readers and members of the library. All of you are invited to meet India's youngest female author.