Foreign/International
Was World's Richest Person Overpaid? Delaware Court Says Yes, Tosses Out Elon Musk's $56b 'Unprecedented' Tesla Pay Package
In a challenge to billionaire Elon Musk's Tesla pay package of approx. $56bn, a Delaware court on Tuesday ruled in favor of plaintiff-shareholder(s) who pleaded that it was excessive.The judge, Kathaleen McCormick of Delaware's Court of Chancery, held that the compensation plan was subject to review under the "entire fairness standard" and the burden to prove that it was fair was on...
Indian Judge At ICJ Supports Order Against Israel, Says Widespread Nature Of Military Operations In Gaza Indicates Plausibility Of Genocide
Justice Dalveer Bhandari, the Indian Judge at the International Court of Justice, has voted in favour of issuing provisional measures against Israel to prevent genocide against Palestinian people living in the Gaza strip. The order was issued in an application filed by South Africa seeking emergent directions to Israel to act as per its obligations under the Convention on the Prevention...
'If There's Any Genocide, It Is Committed Against Israel; Hamas Attack Justifies Right To Defend' : Israel Tells ICJ
On the second day of the public hearing held by the International Court of Justice, Israel presented its response to a genocide case instituted against it by South Africa. The case was filed against the backdrop of the Israel-Gaza conflict. The heart of Israel's arguments was that it is defending itself against Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and other terrorist organizations....
Israel Responds To South Africa's Genocide Charge : International Court of Justice Hearing [Live Video]
Isreal's response to South Africa's arguments before the International Court of Justice over Israel's military operations in Gaza. South Africa is seeking provisional measures under the Genocide Convention to stop Israel's military operations in Gaza against Palestine people. Yesterday, South Africa completed its oral submissions (report can be read here, video can be watched...
Israel Acting With 'Genocidal Intent' Against Gaza : South Africa Tells International Court Of Justice
The Republic of South Africa opened its arguments on Thursday (January 11) before the International Court of Justice seeking provisional measures under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide for the suspension of Israel's military operations in Gaza and that Israel take “all reasonable actions within their power to prevent genocide.” Senior...
Israel Supreme Court Strikes Down Part Of Controversial Judicial Overhaul Law By 8:7 Majority
A part of the judicial overhaul law passed by Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government in July last year has been struck down by the country's top Court by an 8:7 majority. Unprecedented in ways more than one, the ruling came this Monday with majority judges agreeing to nullification of the law, which was introduced as an amendment to a Basic Law (Israeli courts, in...
South Africa Institutes Proceeding In ICJ Against Israel For Alleged 'Genocidal Actions' In Palestine
South Africa has filed an application instituting proceedings against Israel before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, concerning alleged violations by Israel of its obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Genocide Convention) in relation to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, stated...
Sandra Day O'Connor, First Female Judge Of US Supreme Court, Passes Away At 93
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to be appointed as a Justice to the US Supreme Court, passed away yesterday of complications related to dementia and respiratory illness. In a press release by the US Supreme Court, Chief Justice John G Roberts Jr. remembered Justice O'Connor as an “eloquent advocate of civic education”, saying that she blazed a historic trail as...
Israel Can't Claim Right To Self Defence Under UN Charter Against Threat From A Territory Under Its Belligerent Occupation: UN Expert
Amidst escalating tensions over Israel’s war in Gaza, Francesca Albanese, United Nations Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territory has recently called for an immediate ceasefire and an arms embargo against all warring parties. She has also insisted on the unconditional release of all hostages, humanitarian corridors not being used as means to ‘forcibly...
Hong Kong Court Refuses To Enforce A Mainland Arbitration Award For Failure Of Arbitrator To Meaningfully Engage With Arbitral Proceedings
The Hong Kong Court of First Instance has refused enforcement of a Mainland (China) award on the ground that one of the members of the arbitral tribunal failed to meaningfully engage with the arbitral proceedings. The bench of Judge Mimmie Chan found that enforcing a Mainland award with a tribunal member absent during significant proceedings would violate Hong Kong's 'Public Policy'...
‘Inhumane, Violates Right To Dignity’, Kenya Court Declares Mandatory Life Imprisonment Unconstitutional
The Kenya Court of Appeal has declared the imposition of mandatory life imprisonment as unconstitutional, while hearing a rape case committed on a four-year-old girl in 2013. Partially allowing the appeal, it modified the life imprisonment sentence to imprisonment of 40 years for the convict.Article 27 of the Constitution of Kenya ensures fundamental right to equality before the law and...