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To Have A Name And To Express It In The Manner One Wishes Is A Part Of Right To Freedom Of Speech And Expression’: Kerala HC

Case Title: Kashish Gupta (M) v. CBSE & Ors. Case No.: WP (C) No. 7489/2020  Quorum: Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas  Appearance: Advocate KR Vinod (for Petitioners); Advocate S Nirmal (for Respondents) Background: In the backdrop, the State of Kerala had accepted the Petitioner’s wish to change her name and effected a Gazette notification to that

SC to hear Plea by a Karnataka Judge seeking stay on the elevation of a “Junior” as HC Judge, says elevation order is Arbitrary & Unlawful:

Sri. Master RKGMM MahaswamijiPrincipal District & Sessions Judge – (PETITIONER)versusThe Registrar General,Hon’ble High Court of Karnataka & Ors. (RESPONDENTS) A two judge bench of Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose. A scheduled to hear a plea by a principal district and sessions judge for quashing the Presidential order of April 30, appointing a “junior judge” as additional judge

Karnataka High Court to have more benches to hear Extremely urgent cases through video Conference from 4th May

Karnataka High Court has notified that from May 4, two or three benches will be available to hear extremely urgent matters for two or three days in a week.The notification had the following important points:- Tentatively, bench may be available on 5th ,7th ,8th ,11th ,13th ,15th ,18th ,20th and 22th may 2020.Further dates shall

Ensure free food grains, medicines to Transgenders without insisting on production of ration cards: Telangana HC to state

Case title – Vyjayanti Vasanta Mogli (Petitioner) versus The state of Telangana Represented by its principal secretary (Respondent) Division Bench of Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice A Abhishek Reddy.  Advocate General BS Prasad to submit a report. WP(PIL). No.74 OF 2020 Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. High Court may be