Use Of Automatic Facial Recognition Technology By Police Is Lawful : UK Court[Read Judgment]

The High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division, Cardiff (United Kingdom) has held that use of Automated Facial Recognition Technology (AFRT) in the form of a pilot project known as "AFR Locate" by the South Wales Police (SWP) in Cardiff was lawful, although it involved invasion on the right to privacy.This is the first instance where any court in the world had considered the use of AFRT...

Sex-Dolls That Are Child-Like Violate Penal Provision Banning Child Abuse: Norwegian Supreme Court [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court of Norway has passed a judgment interpreting the position of law on sex dolls. The highest court of the country has held that sex dolls that represent child-like qualities amount to violation of the penal code as they amount to sexualisation of children. Section 311 of the Norwegian Penal Code lays down the law banning sexualisation of children. It says that...

Uber Drivers Are Employees Of Uber: Paris Court Of Appeals

The Paris Court of Appeals has held that the "commercial accord" executed by Uber with its drivers is an employment contract and the appellant, a former driver, was an employee of Uber. This judgment dated January 10, stating that a "sufficient set of clues" indicated a "relationship of subordination" between the parties, overturns the decision of a French labour tribunal. The Court of...

SCOTUS Stays Injunction Against Trump's Asylum Restrictions; Justice Sotamayor Terms It 'Extraordinary Act'

"The new Asylum rule forbids migrants to apply for asylum in the United States if they enter or seek to enter through the southern border, unless they were first denied asylum in Mexico or another third country."

Death During Sex On A Business Trip Is 'Workplace Accident': Paris Court Of Appeals

The Court of Appeals at Paris has held that death of a man caused due to a cardiac arrest during sex on a business trip amounts to "workplace accident", reported the BBC. The deceased, Xavier X, was a French engineer at a railway services company, TSO who died during a business trip to the Loiret region in central France in 2013. He died while he was engaged in what the employer...

Boris Johnsons' Suspension Of British Parliament Unlawful : Scottish Court Of Appeals

Boris Johnson's decision to suspend the UK Parliament for more than a month has been ruled unlawful by Scotland's highest court of appeal, in a judgment delivered yesterday.The three judges, chaired by Lord Carloway, Scotland's most senior judge, overturned an earlier ruling that the courts did not have the power to interfere in Boris Johnson's move to prorogue parliament.The advice given by...

Bangladesh HC Orders Govt To Eliminate Disclosure Of Bride's Virginity In Marriage Certificate

Taking a progressive approach, the High Court Division of Bangladesh ordered the government to drop the word "Kumari" in the Kabinnama as it was derogatory in nature and instead use "Obibahito" to describe a bride. While the word "Kumari" was used to signify unmarried, it also extended to mean 'virgin'. "Obibahito" on the other hand specifically means unmarried. Kabinnama is a Muslim...

Drafting Committee Of The International Law Commission Provisionally Adopts Draft Principles Protecting The Environment In Conflict [Read Report]

Drafting Committee of the International Law Commission (ILC/ the Commission) on July 8 provisionally adopted eight draft legal principles to strengthen environment protection before, during and after armed conflicts. ILC was established on November 21, 1947 vide Resolution No. 174 of the United Nations General Assembly with an aim to codify international law and address problems...

Breaking Down The Hong Kong Crisis: A Fight For Rule Of Law

The Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, is now in the third month of anti-government demonstrations that show no sign of abating soon. The massive protests have emerged against a largely despised bill that will allow extradition from Hong Kong to mainland China.How It All Started "The Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal...

Sudan's Interim Constitution Declares Right To Access Internet As Fundamental Right [Read Interim Constitution]

The September 2018 Revolution of Sudan was about a series of demonstrations that broke out due to deterioration of economic conditions and soaring cost of living in the country. The protests in no time took the face of demands seeking civilian rule, forcing the long-standing President Omar al-Bashir to bow out.Currently, the country is being governed by the Transitional Military Council...

Fired For Being Gay: How Are Catholic Institutions In America Legally Evading Anti-Discrimination Laws

On June 21, Joshua Payne-Elliot was having a chat with his husband Layton when he was informed that the latter's Catholic school was asked by the Archdiocese to fire him from a teaching position for being public about his gay marriage. Two days after that conversation, Mr Payne-Elliot, also a teacher at a Catholic High School in Indianapolis, was removed on the same ground and under the orders of the same Archdiocese. While Layton's school refused to follow the order and...

Breaking : ICJ Directs Pakistan To Review Kulbhushan Jadhav's Death Sentence And To Give Consular Access [Read Judgment]

[Story updated with judgment]In a major win for India, the International Court of Justice on Wednesday held that Pakistan violated Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 1963 by not informing Kulbhushan Jadhav without delay of his rights under Article 36(1)(b) to have consular access."the Court is of the view that Pakistan is under an obligation to cease those acts and to comply fully with...