March 2021 – Page 16 – Lawcutor

Animal Rights Law passed in Cuba amid Protests

After decades of rejecting citizens' calls for animal rights legislation, the Cuban government has finally passed a long-awaited animal protection statute. The Animal Welfare Bill mandates that state agencies and…

High Court Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi requested the bar members to avoid addressing him as “Your Lordship’ Or ‘My Lord’.

The High Court Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi of Punjab and Haryana High Court took a significant move. He issued a note requesting the bar members to avoid addressing him as…

Mehbooba mufti moves to Jammu and Kashmir high court for issuance of passport

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and president of people’s Democratic Party mehbooba mufti has moved to Jammu and Kashmir high court seeking directions to government and police authorities to…

Bombay High Court refuses to interfere with Govt decision to bar private schools from hiking fees for academic year 2020-21

The Bombay Supreme Court refused to intervene in key petitions associated with the state's to allow private schools to participate in raising tuition fees during the school year following the…

Calcutta high court disposes PIL on Free and fair election in the West Bengal

The PIL that raised concerns about the execution of a peaceful and fair election in West Bengal was dismissed by the Calcutta High Court, which took cognizance of the Election…

SC SET ASIDE NGT DISMISSAL OF APPEAL ON TIME BAR IN CASE OF VISHAKAPATNAM GREENFIELD AIRPORT

In the case of Sridevi Daatla v. Union of India (CA 3136/2020), SC set aside an order of National Green Tribunal which dismissed an appeal filed against the grant of…

Court in Delhi bashes media houses for leaking exact copy of chargesheet contents before it was taken cognizance of

Yesterday a Court of Delhi condemned the act of at the media in the case relating to the larger conspiracy that had led to the mass violence and riots that…

Supreme Court: Section 7 or Section 9 proceedings under IBC are independent of winding up proceeding

In 2015 a winding up petition was filed against SRUIL before the Bombay High Court. While this winding up petition was pending, Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd. [“Indiabulls”], a secured creditor…

S Nambirajan v. High Court of Madras (Arising out of WP No. 10581/2020 )

In the case of S Nambirajan v. High Court of Madras, a Suspended Labour Court judge moved the Supreme Court against disciplinary action against him by the High Court of…

Hearing for bail Application of lawyer sent to prison for sending birthday greetings to Judge

The Madhya Pradesh High Court will hear a bail application after a lawyer was sentenced to prison for sending birthday greetings to the judge. Advocate Vijaysingh Yadav was arrested by…