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Karnataka High Court Seeks State's Response To Plea Challenging 'Er.' Prefix For Engineers
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday [October 13] sought the State's response to a plea filed by a Bengaluru-based advocate, challenging a Government Order dated September 15, 2026, permitting engineers in the State to prefix the honorific 'ER.' before their names.The Government order on September 15, marking the Engineers' Day, has been challenged before Justice C.M. Poonacha, who had on...
Why Set A Private Trap Instead Of Seeking Police Help? Gujarat High Court Quashes Outraging Modesty FIR
The Gujarat High Court quashed an FIR against a man accused of outraging a woman's modesty after observing that FIR was premised on a "staged confrontation" wherein the husband had found the accused with his wife after an "unexpected encounter" which lacked judicial creditworthiness.[2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 282]The court thus said that pushing the accused through the "rigmarole of a full trial...
Punjab CM Beant Singh Assassination | Supreme Court Seeks Intelligence Bureau Inputs On Convict's Prison Transfer Plea
The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought inputs from the Intelligence Bureau (IB) on whether Jagtar Singh Hawara, convicted in the 1995 assassination of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, can be transferred from Tihar Jail in Delhi to a prison in Punjab, after concerns raised by the Punjab government over the possible impact on law and order.A bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice PB...
Ken-Betwa Project: MP High Court Seeks Centre, State Replies On PIL Raising Wildlife, Environmental Concerns
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has granted two weeks' time to the Union and State Governments to file their replies in the PIL raising concerns over the Ken-Betwa Link Project's impact on the Panna Tiger Reserve, Ken Gharial Sanctuary, and displaced communities.In the last hearing, the court directed the State to file a response on the action taken pursuant to the report submitted by the...
CEC Protest: MP High Court Disposes Habeas Corpus Pleas After Police Return Detainees To Families
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has disposed of three habeas corpus petitions of people who were detained by the police at Itarsi Junction while travelling in a train from Pune to Delhi to participate in the CJP protests against the Chief Election Commissioner. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 414]The counsel for the State informed the court that all detainees were returned to their families and that...
DHJS 2026: Delhi High Court Rejects Challenge To Questions, Says Error Must Be 'Glaring And Apparent'
The Delhi High Court has dismissed a petition challenging two questions in the Delhi Higher Judicial Service (DHJS) Preliminary Examination 2026, observing that courts can interfere with an answer key only where the error is “so glaring and apparent” that no inferential process or reasoning is required to establish it.The Division Bench of Justice Avneesh Jhingan and Justice Arun Bhardwaj...
Karnataka SIR: High Court Stays Investigation Against BJP Leader Over Alleged Attempt To Delete Muslim Voters' Names
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday [October 13] stayed further investigation in an FIR registered against BJP leader Dr. Ravi Basalingappagowda Patil and others over allegations of fraudulently deleting Muslim voters' names through bulk Form No. 7 objections during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.Justice Venkatesh Naik T, sitting at Dharwad, passed the order while...
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The Kang and Associates invites applications for the post of Senior Legal Associate. Name of the Post: Senior Legal Associate No. of Post: 01 (One) Location: Green Park, Main South Delhi Essential Qualification and Experience Candidate should have a degree in LL.B./LLM with 7-8 years of post-qualification experience.Candidate should be well versed in drafting and arguing matters. How to apply? Interested candidates are required to submit in their application in...
Delhi High Court Seeks Centre's Stand On PILs To Implement SC Directions To Prevent Protests From Disrupting Traffic, Businesses
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought the Centre's stand on two PILs filed seeking implementation of Supreme Court directions to regulate protests and prevent disruption to traffic and businesses.The petitions were first mentioned before a Division Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Nitin Sambre and Justice Sanjay Sharma today morning.One petition has been filed by a trader, while the...
'Won't Permit This': Bombay High Court On Alleged Illegal Detentions During Mumbai CEC Protests
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday, while hearing a PIL alleging that Mumbai Police detained protesters and passers-by during anti-CEC protests held in the city on October 10 and 11, orally said that it would not permit illegal detentions. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and Justice Advait Sethna was hearing a PIL filed by Sagar Kantilal Devre, alleging that around...
CEC Protests: Delhi High Court Adjourns PIL Against Closure Of 57 Metro Stations; Seeks Details Of Cases Pending Before SC
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (October 13) adjourned to Friday a PIL challenging closure of 57 Delhi Metro stations, railway service disruptions and the alleged preventive detention and interception of people travelling to the national capital, ahead of a protest against CEC Gyanesh Kumar at Jantar Mantar on October 10.In doing so, court granted time to the petitioner to produce copies...
