February 2021 – Page 6 – Lawcutor

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,…

Shabnam to be hanged

Shabnam a girla double MA (in English and Geography) who taught at the village primary school, is going to hanged. She will be given death punishment after a death warrant…

Anti-Terrorism Tribunal of Bangladesh Sentences Five Militants to Death for the Murder of US Bloggers

Five members of an Islamist militant group were sentenced to death by a special anti-terrorism tribunal in Bangladesh's capital for killing a Bangladeshi-American blogger.Aviijit Roy, a 42-year-old American citizen born…

Union Cabinet approves changes in the Juvenile Justice Act

The Union Cabinet approved various amendments to the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015. It aims at empowering the District Magistrates to issue adoption orders as well…

Most wanted man arrested for swinging swords at Red Fort on R-day violence

In connection with the violence committed at Red Fort on Republic day, a 30 years old protester was arrested from Pitampura by The Special Cell of Delhi Police. The person…

A lawyer couple was stabbed to death near Hyderabad

In Telangana, a lawyer couple was stabbed by unidentified people. They had already filed a public interest litigation regarding a custodial death. They were facing frequent threats from filing this…