Indian American Neomi Rao Appointed As Circuit Judge Of US DC Court21 March 2019 9:56 AM GMTNeomi Jehangir Rao, an Indian American Lawyer, has been appointed as United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She was nominated by the Senate to the post previously ...
In a major relief for farmers and fishermen of Gujarat, the Supreme Court of the United States has held that the International Finance Corporation is not absolutely immune from suit filed against...
Abu Dhabi Includes Hindi As Official Court Language Alongside Arabic And English11 Feb 2019 8:07 AM GMTA Supreme Court judge of Pakistan, in an order passed in a case, expressed his strong disagreement with the reconstitution of a bench by the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP). Interestingly, this...
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In a landmark decision, the Singapore High Court on Monday allowed a homosexual man to adopt his biological son born through surrogacy.The judgment was delivered by a bench comprising Chief Justice...
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“The bounds of constitutional protection are only overstepped when the speech involves propaganda for war; the incitement of imminent violence; or the advocacy of hatred that is based on race,...
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The District Court of Eastern Michigan, USA, has declared unconstitutional a law passed by Congress banning the practise of Female Genital Mutilation(FGM).The Court held that Congress lacked...
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In an interesting case having relevance in the Indian situation as well, the Supreme Court of Florida,USA,has ruled by 4:3 majority that Facebook friendship between a judge and an attorney appearing...
![European Court of Human Rights Sees No Violation In Austrian Court Order That Fined Woman For Defaming Prophet Muhammad [Read Order]](https://www.livelaw.in/cms/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Grand-Chamber-ECHR.jpg "European Court of Human Rights Sees No Violation In Austrian Court Order That Fined Woman For Defaming Prophet Muhammad [Read Order]")
“The Court endorses the Regional Court’s statement, that presenting objects of religious worship in a provocative way capable of hurting the feelings of the followers of that religion could be...
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The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) on Monday refused to review a 2016 case brought by various broadband service providers challenging Federal Communications Commission (FCC) net...
![‘Media Trial Can’t Be Allowed’: Pak SC Issues Directives To Regulate Media Discussions In Sub-Judice Matters [Read Judgment]](https://www.livelaw.in/cms/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Pakistan-Supreme-Court.jpg "‘Media Trial Can’t Be Allowed’: Pak SC Issues Directives To Regulate Media Discussions In Sub-Judice Matters [Read Judgment]")
“Any news or discussions in programmes shall not be aired which are likely to jeopardize ongoing inquiries, investigations or trials.’The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday issued some important...
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has resigned as the country's chief law enforcement officer at the request of President Donald Trump. Chief of Staff to the Attorney General, Matthew G. Whitaker has...
Meaza Ashenafi, a prominent East African women’s rights activist, has been appointed as the President of Ethiopia’s Federal Supreme Court.The move is being viewed as another step in the efforts by...
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The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday acquitted a Christian woman who has been on death row for almost eight years on blasphemy charges.Asia Bibi, a mother of five from Punjab province, was...
The Supreme Court of Singapore recently upheld the constitutionality of section 3(1)(a)of the Administration of Justice (Protection) Act, 2016.Wham and Tan who were facing charges of contempt for...
“The longer we stand silent amid growing evidence of inhumanity in execution methods like Tennessee’s, the longer we extend our own complicity in state-sponsored brutality.”Justice Sonia Sotomayor,...
![Washington State Supreme Court Strikes Down Death Penalty; Says It was Being Imposed In An “Arbitrary & Racially Biased Manner” [Read Judgment]](https://www.livelaw.in/cms/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/US-Supreme-Court.jpg "Washington State Supreme Court Strikes Down Death Penalty; Says It was Being Imposed In An “Arbitrary & Racially Biased Manner” [Read Judgment]")
Washington, on Thursday, became the 20th U.S. state to abolish capital punishment when its Supreme Court struck down the death penalty in a unanimous decision.The Bench declared the punishment...
“The important message from the Masterpiece Bakery case is that there is a clear distinction between refusing to produce a cake conveying a particular message, for any customer who wants such a cake,...
