The Karnataka High Court gave two days’ time to Advocate-General S. Vijay Shankar to get instructions from the government in appointment of Lokayukta and also pointed out that “the Government is violating the Karnataka Lokayukta Act”. Observing that the “public is getting restless” because of the failure to appoint the Lokayukta for the past 10 [ Read More ]
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H.D. Kumaraswamy survives bigamy chargeThe Karnataka High Court Monday dismissed a petition charging former Karnataka Chief Minister and now Lok Sabha member H.D. Kumaraswamy of bigamy. The petition, filed by a Bangalore advocate Sashidhar Belagumba, had sought Kumraswamy’s disqualification from the Lok Sabha on the ground that he had married a second time even though his first wife is [ Read More ] Special law to adopt transgenders on the anvilThe National Legal Services Authority is working on a special law to safeguard the interests and welfare of transgenders on the lines of Special Marriage Act, Supreme Court judge Altamas Kabir said Sunday. “Transgenders are in a most disadvantageous position, not of their own making. Some of them are rejected not just by society, but [ Read More ] |
