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In a relief to the BJP parliamentarian from Akola, the Bombay High Court recently dismissed a petition seeking his disqualification for failing to disclose his expenses on using a helicopter for Gopinath Munde and for publishing advertisements of the then PM candidate Narendra Modi. The HC has accordingly imposed costs of Rs 25,000 on the petitioner, a villager, for “wasting” its time.

Petitions were filed against the encounter of 4 accused in rape and murder of Veterinary Doctor in Telangana in the Supreme Court on Wednesday. The case was headed by Chief Justice AS Bobde. The matter is currently in the Telangana High Court. The apex court has proposed to appoint a former judge to investigate the encounter. The next hearing will be on Thursday.

In Telangana, questions are being raised on the encounter of 4 accused of rape and murder with the Veterinary Doctor. A petition in the case was filed in the Supreme Court on Saturday. It demanded an FIR, investigation and action against the policemen involved in the encounter. Petitioners Advocate GS Mani and Pradeep Kumar Yadav have said that the police did not follow the 2014 Supreme Court Guidelines in this case.

The Madras High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the central government seeking information on gender change surgery (SRS) in the passport form. A social activist from Chennai, Shivkumar, had filed a petition against seeking such information in the passport. The petitioner termed it a violation of Article 21 of the Constitution, which protects the personal freedom of citizens.

A petition has been filed before the Punjab and Haryana high court by a doctor from Dera Sacha Sauda, Sirsa. The petition claims that Dera Sacha Sauda (DSS) chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh has threat to his life inside Rohtak’s Sunaria jail. He was convicted in a case of rape and murder of Journalist Ram Chander Chatrapati. He has been awarded the punishment of 20 years in August, 2017.