November 2020 – Page 11 – Lawcutor

Delhi HC to hear defamation plea against Republic TV and Times Now channels from 34 Bollywood productions

9 Nov 20209 Nov 2020

The petitioners claimed that these so-called “media trials” were infringing on their right to privacy under Article 21 of the Constitution. They also felt that their reputation was being spoiled…

Karnataka High Court declares former State Home Minister KJ George innocent of abetment to suicide charges

9 Nov 20209 Nov 2020

The Karnataka High Court recently quashed the criminal proceedings initiated against former Minister KJ George and two IPS officers in a case involving the abetment to suicide of police officer…

Gujarat HC allows single woman to stay employed until she clears the AIBE in a progressive ruling

9 Nov 20209 Nov 2020

Rules 1 and 2 of the Bar Council do not allow a person to be an advocate while being enrolled or employed in any other corporation or government sector. Rule…

NITI Aayog seeks public feedback on its draft policy plan for Online Dispute Resolution

Niti Aayog has asked for the feedback from public for its new policy regarding the Online Dispute Resolution in India. To give more attention towards the ODR, Niti aayog has…

Delhi Court grants bail while writing poem in its order: Delhi Riots

Karkardooma Court chose a different way to grant bail while pulling up Delhi Police over their lack of evidence, the judge wrote a poem in its order for allowing bail…

17th Asian Law Institute Virtual Conference 2020 Hosted By NLU Delhi

Prof. Srikrishna Deva Rao (Vice Chancellor of NLU-D) and Associate Prof. Kelry Loi (Co-Director, ASLI), National University of Singapore opened the 17th Aisan Law Institute Virtual Conference 2020being hosted by…

Contempt proceedings against Jaganmohan Reddy rejected

Attorney General KK Venugopal refused to initiate proceedings against the CM of Andhra Pradesh Jaganmohan Reddy for contempt. Earlier the same was rejected when Advocate Ashwini Upadhyay to initiate contempt…

Punjab & Haryana HC dismiss invocation of Section 482 of CrPC in female foeticide casesPunjab & Haryana HC dismiss invocation of Section 482 of CrPC in female foeticide cases

8 Nov 20208 Nov 2020

FactsIn a petition made to quash an FIR filed in a case involving allegations of forced abortion and female foeticide, a Single Bench of Justice Avneesh Jhingan heard the case.…

Punjab: Man captures objectionable photos of wife using spy cameras in bathroom, blackmails her

In a shocking incident, a man in Punjab’s Ludhiana allegedly obtained objectionable photos of his 23-year-old wife using spy cameras in his house’s bathroom and later used them to blackmail…

Suar bye-election order of high court stayed by Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has provided relief to Abdullah Azam Khan, son of Samajwadi Party MP Azam Khan. Abdullah Azam Khan had said that the Allahabad High Court had displayed “unusual…