Muralee Krishna News Today

Kozhikode District and Sessions judge S Krishnakumar, who had made controversial observations in his orders while granting bail to an accused in two sexual harassment cases, has been transferred as Presiding Officer of Labour Court in Kollam.

His observations triggered nationwide outrage.

In an August 12 order, the judge in question had said that the complainant, a survivor of sexual assault, had exposed herself by wearing a sexually provocative dress.

A phone showing Bhagyavathis campaign poster. Credits: Aditya Varier What happened in 2017 On January 13, 2017, Bhagyavathi and her husband, Ayapan Shaji, both construction workers, were away from home. Her two daughters, aged 13 and nine, were at home while their parents were at work. It was the nine-year-old who found her sister hanging in a shed near their home. She told the police that she had seen two masked men leave her sister’s room earlier that day. “I remember that day very...