February 2021 – Page 4 – Lawcutor

Fine imposed on Lawyer for not maintaing the dress code

Background The case that the court was dealing with was an issue where the accused was convicted under Sections 363, 366A, 376(3) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 6…

CBI summons wife of Mamata’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee in coal smuggling case

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Sunday summoned Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee’s mate Rujira Narula in alleged coal importation scam case. A CBI team reached Banerjee’s house in city…

Courts overburdened with dishonest litigants dodging debts by resorting to non-existent, mercy jurisdiction of writ courts: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently noted that the courts are often burdened with dishonest petitions filed by litigants who try to dodge debts by resorting to non-existent mercy jurisdiction of…

Popular Bhima-Koregaon case: Bombay High Court granted interim bail to poet-activist Varavara Rao on medical terms

The High Court of Bombay has given interim bail to the poet-cum-activist Varavara Rao, Aged 81 for medical reasons in Bhima-Koregaon case. Varavara Rao is presently undergoing treatment at Mumbai’s…

Delhi court-ordered to return the passports of foreign members of Tablighi Jamaat

The Saket Court Complex, New Delhi, ruled in favor of the Tablighi jamaat members and ordered that the actual passports of 31 members of the Tablighi Jamaat acquitted earlier on 20 December 2020,…

Bail granted to three accused on the basis of news channel video: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court granted bail to the three accused of northeast Delhi riots and murder case on the ground that the video telecasted by a news channel is contrary…

DMK to waive all cooperative bank loans taken by SHGs

For the upcoming Tamilnadu Elections, DMK President MK Stalin announced that their party will waive off all the loans advanced by corporative banks to SHG. A SELF-HELP GROUP (SHG) is…

AIBE postponed to April 25, 2021

Revised dates of the exam are: •Online registration begins from 26th December, 2020 •Bank payment through challan starts from 26th December, 2020 •Online registration close 22nd March, 2021 •Last date…

Death row convict Shabnam, convicted of murdering seven family members, files second mercy petition

Shabnam has submitted her second mercy petition to Governor of Uttar Pradesh Anandiben Patel and President of India Ramnath. The Mathura Prison which is the only jail in the country…

Re-investigation of assault on Swami Agnivesh: Jharkhand HC dismissed the plea

Background Swami Agnivesh was attacked by a mob, for making anti-Hindu comments in July 2018, it was alleged by the petitioners that the attack was carried out by BJP Yuva…