Kenya High Court Rejects Plea To Decriminalize Homosexuality [Read Judgment]

The High Court of Kenya has dismissed a plea challenging provisions in Kenya's Penal Code similar to Section 377 IPC which criminalizes private consensual sexual conduct between adult persons of the same sex. According to reports, the High court unanimously held that there is no substantial evidence to show that the LGBTIQ community are discriminated and their rights violated. One judge...

Malaysia Gets Its First Woman Chief Justice- Tengku Maimun

Datuk Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, who was serving as the Federal Judge has been appointed as the Chief Justice of Malaysia.She is the first woman to become the Chief Justice of Malaysia.The Federal Court of Malaysia is the highest court and the final appellate court in Malaysia. The Chief Justice of the Federal Court, is the office and title of the head of the Malaysian judiciary system.Tengku...

Julian Assange Gets 50 Weeks Jail For Bail Breach

A UK court has sentenced Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to 50 weeks jail for breaching bail conditions imposed in 2012 in relation to a proceedings in Sweden for rape charges, reports the BBC.The judge rejected the apology offered by Assange in a letter written by him to the court. Judge Deborah Taylor told Assange it was difficult to envisage a more serious example of the offence."By hiding...

'Women Have The Right To Control Her Body': Kansas SC Upholds Right To Abortion [Read Judgment]

"Denying a pregnant woman the ability to determine whether to continue a pregnancy would severely limit her right of personal autonomy."

Quoting Kesavananda Bharati And Minerva Mills Uganda SC Holds Const. Amendment Removing Presidential Age Limit Does Not Violate Basic Structure

"The removal did not in any way negate the people's power to choose a leader of their choice. If anything it just increased the spectrum of the people's choice."

Myanmar SC Upholds Conviction Of Pulitzer Prize Awardee Journalists Under Official Secrets Act

The Supreme Court of Myanmar has dismissed the appeals of two Journalists sentenced to seven years in jail for violating the Official Secrets Act, the Reuters reported. The reporters working with Reuters, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, who will have to serve seven years imprisonment now, were the winners of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize Winner in International reporting. The award was 'for their...

It's Basically A Game For Entertainment: Nepal Supreme Court Stays PUBG Ban

The Supreme Court of Nepal has stayed the Government order banning popular mobile game Player Unknown's Battleground (PUBG), the Himalayan Times reports.On the basis of Kathmandu District Court order, the government agencies in Nepal had issued orders banning PUBG. Nepal Telecommunications Authority had on April 11, directed all internet service providers of the country to block internet...

'Moderate Corporal Punishment' For Juvenile Offenders Unconstitutional, Holds Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe [Read Judgment]

"A deliberate and systemic assault with a cane on the buttocks of an individual, inflicted by strangers as a form of punishment authorised by a judicial tribunal, is inherently a demeaning invasion on the inherent dignity of the person punished."

Jamaica SC Follows Justice Chandrachud's Aadhaar Dissent To Declare Its National Identification System (NIDS) Unconstitutional [Read Judgment]

"Dr Chandrachud J, in my respectful view, demonstrated a greater sensitivity to the issues of privacy and freedom that is not as evident in the judgments of the majority", said Chief Justice of Jamaica

Apex Courts Of Australia And South Korea Deliver Landmark Rulings In Favour Of Abortion Rights [Read Judgments]

While Constitutional Court Of South Korea held that the anti abortion law is not in conformity with the Constitution, the High Court of Australia upheld laws which protect women from being hindered against their choice to abort.

Vedanta Can Be Sued In UK For Pollution By Its Subsidiary In Zambia : UK SC [Read Judgment]

The United Kingdom Supreme Court has ruled that English Courts have jurisdiction to try the class action suit brought by Zambian citizens for damages against Vedanta Ltd for toxic emissions by its Zambian subsidiary.The action relates to alleged toxic emissions from the Nchanga Copper Mine ("the Mine") in Zambia, which is managed by Konkola Copper Mines(KCM), a wholly owned subsidiary of...

US Court Allows Girl Students' Plea Against School's Uniform Policy Requiring Them To Wear Skirts [Read Judgment]

"The skirts requirement causes the girls to suffer a burden the boys do not , simply because they are female ."