{
  "id": 14187529,
  "title": "Plea against senior cop: Punjab and Haryana High Court slams woman advocate’s language",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/plea-against-senior-cop-punjab-and-haryana-high-court-slams-woman",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-13T11:30:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Indian Express",
    "slug": "the-indian-express",
    "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/legal-news/plea-senior-cop-punjab-haryana-high-court-woman-advocates-language-10919644/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Punjab and Haryana High Court has rejected a female advocate's plea seeking protection from alleged harassment by a senior police officer and a former High Court Bar Association member. The court found the allegations made against the senior officer and the former office-bearer to be \"unsubstantiated and baseless.\" The advocate claimed that the police officer, who is also a woman, sought to wage a war against her and had obtained a contract to trouble her. The court criticized the advocate's language, stating that advocates must maintain discipline and decorum in court pleadings and warned that no one should abuse the legal process for personal gain. The court emphasized that any grievance against an officer or authority must be expressed in a manner that respects legal boundaries. The advocate had alleged that the police officer had harassed her, registered false FIRs against her, and intimidated her associates. The court dismissed the plea, noting that the use of such language does not justify violating the legal process.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 5,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Rs 2,000 crore loss due to protest curbs: Traders move Delhi High Court",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/rs-2-000-crore-loss-due-to-protest-curbs-traders-move-delhi-high-court",
        "published": "2026-10-13T06:18:22.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu",
        "title": "Madras High Court upholds Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker’s decision to accept resignations of six AIADMK MLAs",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/madras-high-court-upholds-tamil-nadu-assembly-speakers-decision-to",
        "published": "2026-10-13T06:52:07.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Lawyer reveals reason behind Zii Jia's High Court application",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/lawyer-reveals-reason-behind-zii-jias-high-court-application",
        "published": "2026-10-13T09:13:21.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Dawn - Pakistan",
        "title": "Sohail Afridi’s brother approaches Peshawar High Court to trace his whereabouts",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/sohail-afridis-brother-approaches-peshawar-high-court-to-trace-his",
        "published": "2026-10-13T11:43:53.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}