News Update – Page 228 – Lawcutor

Tax raids on Punjab arhtiyas:

Inspite of the farmers protest being going on over the issue of three new farm bills, the Income Tax Department has reportedly conducted raids on the premises of several arhtiyas…

Orissa High Court held that right to progeny and termination of pregnancy is a fundamental right

A rape victim approached the high court after the 20 weeks of gestation period of her pregnancy. The High Court held that the right progeny and termination of pregnancy is…

ED attaches Rs 11.86 cr assets of Farooq and others in Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association(JKCA) money laundering case.

Farooq Abdullah is the chairman of Jammu & Kashmir National Conference. He has served as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir on several occasions since 1982, and as the…

SC issues notices to Centre and state on a petition filed by Twitter

A petition was filed by Twitter Communications to quash multiple FIRs registered against it for promoting a tweet on 'Khalistan'. The Supreme Court in this context, has sought responses from…

Chhattisgarh HC questions jurisdiction of NCW order to register case against journalist

The teacher, Anuradha Dubey, filed a written complaint against the editor of newspaper, Bastar Sharma who published a report to reveal how she acquired the government post despite being "underqualified." Sharma…

PM’s Varanasi office listed on OLX for sale :

Four people have been arrested as they listed the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Varanasi office for sale on digital platform OLX on Friday, the police officials said. Out of the…

Allahabad High court: Name change is a part of freedom of expression under Article 19 and Article 21 of the Indian Constitution

The Allahabad High Court held that freedom of expression under article 19 (1)(a) also covers the right to change of name. A person’s name is his/her right of expression. Article…

No coercive measures to be taken against accused under UP anti-conversion law

A case was booked under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020 against the petitioner, Nadeem on the basis of claims made by an informant. The…

Anticipatory Bail Can Be Granted Even After Chargesheet Has Been Filled: Allahabad High Court

A single bench of the Allahabad High Court comprising of Justice Siddharth held that anticipatory bail can be granted even after a chargesheet in the criminal case has been filed,…

Update on sexual harassment allegations against M.J. Akbar

Final hearing on behalf of Priya Ramani was concluded today. It was stated that the defamation case against Priya Ramani was owing to a fraud that MJ Akbar tried to…