19 Feb 2021 – Lawcutor

FIR lodged against Kunal Kamra in Varanasi Sessions Court

BackgroundAn FIR was filed against the stand-up comedian for morphing a picture of the Supreme Court by adding a saffron tint to the building and replacing the tricolor with the…

Arbitration under Highways Act limited to independent determination of compensation: Allahabad High Court

On 12th January, The Allahabad High Court observed that an arbitrator cannot act outside the scope of his reference under section 3-G (5) of The National Highways Act, 1956. It…

Karnataka High Court: All state government should ensure that no person is allowed to clean a sewer manually

A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum asked states to implement Rule 3, of The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation…

Supreme court asks for a response from ECI and central government regarding E-Voting

On Thursday, the Supreme Court issued a notice regarding an appeal seeking to facilitate the e-voting framework with a view to improving citizens' access to voting by modernizing the system…

Parties who Privately Agree to Settle their Dispute Outside the Modes u/s 89 CPC are Entitled to Refund of Court Fees – SC

In High Court of Judicature at Madras vs. M.C. Subramaniam [SLP (CIVIL) NOS. 30633064 OF 2021], SC held that the parties who privately agree to settle their dispute outside the…

STATES REORGANIZATION : PROCEDURE AND PROVISIONS

ABSTRACT: The integration of India resulted in the reduction of 571 princely states into 28 states. It took almost one year and 6 months to reorganize the states after Independence.…

Toolkit Matter: Tushar Mehta assures High Court about no leakage of information from Delhi Police’s end

The Delhi Police on Thursday has strongly denied all the allegations levied upon them of leaking of personal chats and documents relating to its probe against climate activist Disha Ravi,…