Karnataka Advocate General

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  Hijab Row Live Updates: "Hijab Not Essential Practice Of Islam", Says Advocate General

  The Karnataka High Court today resumed hearing in petitions filed by Muslim girls studying in government pre-university colleges in Udupi against the government ban on Hijabs in classrooms.The court had adjourned the hearing yesterday after state ad

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  Arunachal Pradesh Advocate General Nilay Dutta Dies Of Heart Attack At 68

  Arunachal Pradesh Advocate General Nilay Dutta died of a massive heart attack in Karnataka's Coorg on Sunday. He was 68, and is survived by his wife, son and daughter.

• Ravivarma Kumar is Karnataka's new Advocate General

  Senior advocate and noted constitutional expert Ravivarma Kumar has been appointed the new Advocate General of Karnataka, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister T B Jayachandra announced today.

• Law Minister gets clean chit, withdraws resignation

  Karnataka Law Minister S Suresh Kumar on Tuesday decided to withdraw his resignation after the Advocate General exonerated him of the charge that he had violated rules in securing allotment of a residential site. "The Advocate General in his legal opinion has after reviewing the documents clearly said I have not done anything illegal; I have not gi...

• Karnataka Law Minister gets clean chit from Advocate General

  Karnataka Law Minister S Suresh Kumar, who had resigned over allegations that he had violated rules in securing a residential site here under discretionary quota, has been given a clean chit on the issue by the Advocate General.

• Lokayukta orders probe against former Karnataka Advocate General

  The special Lokayukta Court on Saturday ordered a probe against former Karnataka Advocate General B V Acharya and four others on a private complaint alleging irregularities in an educational trust.

• Judge asks Joint Commissioner to leave court

  Karnataka High Court pulled up a top police official when he tried to instruct Advocate General S Vijayashankar while the latter was making submissions on the batch of Public Interest Litigations (PIL). The PILs were seeking disciplinary proceedings against media and police for the alleged attacks on advocates last month.

• Vijay Shankar appointed as new Karnataka Advocate General

  Karnataka Governor H R Bhardwaj has appointed S Vijay Shankar as the new Advocate General of the state.

• Karnataka advocate general quits over Jayalalithaa's corruption case

  The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka, already battling debilitating scandals, is now caught in a new controversy. State advocate general B V Acharya has resigned, accusing the party of pressuring him to quit as prosecutor in a corruption case against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa.

• Orders on admissibility of complaint against Adv Gen on Feb14

  A Lokayukta Court today posted to February 14 its orders on the admissibility of a plea filed against state Advocate General B V Acharya and four others for their alleged involvement in misappropriation of funds of a well-known education trust, of which they are the trustees.