August 2020 – Page 8 – Lawcutor

P&H high court stated that, Trial courts have no power to impose lifelong imprisonment without remission

The Punjab and Haryana high court has stated that trial courts don't have any power to impose the penalty of Life time imprisonment in the absence of remission or parole.…

Kerala High Court observed that while investigating the cases oF POCSO, professionalism must be upheld:

While hearing a criminal appeal Justice PB Suresh Kumar of the Kerala High Court stated that he will issue some general guidelines in regards to the trial and investigation of…

A PIL in Kerala HC to regulate the sale of liquor

a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed by members of the Kerala Prohibition Council before Kerela High court seeking a direction to regulate the sale of liquor in the…

25-YEAR-OLD WOMAN DOCTOR KILLED BY MAN OVER FAILED LOVE AFFAIR,BODY FOUND IN EMPTY PLOT.

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Body of a woman doctor from Agra was found in an empty plot in Bamrauli Katara locality of the city, hours after she went missing. She was killed by a…

Another case of animal cruelty, five men kill pregnant wild buffalo in Kerala

The Kerala forest officials have arrested five persons in Malappuram for allegedly killing pregnant wild buffalo and seized 25 kilograms of meat from one of the accuse. In yet another…

High Court sets asides various Arrest Orders against industrialist Vinay Mittal

Delhi High Court sets aside six arrest orders made against Vinay Mittal who was accused of seven fraud cases and was to be extradited from Indonesia in 2018. The court…

Prashant Bhushan makes an application to defer sentence hearing

The Supreme Court on August 14 had pronounced Advocate Prashant Bhushan to be guilty of contempt of the court for criticizing the judiciary on twitter.The penalty for the same was…

Any person can be denied for services if not using Arogya Setu App, Karnatka HC to hear the plea

Airports Authority of India (AAI) and Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has revised their guidelines to make the downloading of the Aarogya Setu app voluntary and informed the Karnataka…

Chhattisgarh HC: Dismissal of a Judicial Officer who filed criminal cases against HC judges upheld

The Chhattisgarh High Court has upheld the dismissal of a judicial officer who had filed criminal cases against the former Chief Justice and Judge of the High Court.Prabhakar Gwal, who…

22,061 advocates vote in favour of online polls for the Bar Council.

In the opinion poll of advocates, at least 22,061 advocates of the 28,261 members who participated as office bearers of the Bar Associations voted in favour of online elections for…