It has also sought the quashing of demand notices and assessment proceedings initiated by the concerned gram panchayat authorities for the assessment year 2026-27.
The FIR alleges that Patil and his supporters conspired to delete the names of 198 Muslim voters from the electoral rolls in Belagavi during the Special Intensive Revision process.
The plea has been filed by a lawyer, who has argued that the government's decision to confer the honorific on engineers discriminates between different professions.
Patil and his supporters are accused of deleting the names of 198 Muslim voters from electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in Belagavi.
The Court said the message posted on the Facebook account Hindu Samrat Dharmasene did not fulfil the ingredients of the offences of outrage religious feelings under Section 295A.
The Court observed that every Indian has a civil right to be recognised by their name and that people can, therefore, approach civil courts for a name change.