The judge's rebuke of a female advocate & comments calling an area in Bangalore 'Pakistan' have gone viral on social media. The Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognisance of the matter.

The Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognizance of viral video clips showing Karnataka High Court judge Vedavyasachar Srishananda making "controversial" statements during the course of hearing cases, which were live streamed. In one of the videos, he was seen referring to a neighborhood in Bengaluru as "Pakistan".

Supreme Court on Friday took a dim view of Karnataka HC judge V Srishananda's purported gratuitous reference to a Muslim-majority Bengaluru.

Judges should speak only about the subject matter they are hearing, said former Lokayukta and Supreme Court judge Santosh Hegde

The Supreme Court has sought a report from the Karnataka High Court regarding controversial remarks made by Justice Srishananda, after prominent advocates like Indira Jaising had called for suo moto cognisance of the incident.

The judge, while addressing a landlord-tenant dispute, referred to a Muslim-majority area in Bengaluru as 'Pakistan'

Justice Srishananda made the controversial remarks while addressing landlord-tenant dispute. Senior Advocate Indira Jaising, in a video on her X account, posted that the judge should be trained on gender sensitisation.