Supreme Court of Ohio upholds Sex Offender Registration Rules

Proponents consider registration to be a more economical method of monitoring and preventing recidivism than the costly alternative of imprisonment, the court said.Supreme Court of Ohio has turned down that challenge against the sex-offender-registration and address-verification requirements imposed on the persons convicted of Sex crimes. Dismissing the appeal filed by one Travis Blankenship,...

Call for reforms in Blasphemy Laws, does not amount to Blasphemy ; Pak SC [Read Jt]

If the asserted religious motivation of the appellant for the murder committed by him by taking the law in his own hands is to be accepted as a valid mitigating circumstance in this case then a door shall become open for religious vigilantism which may deal a mortal blow to the rule of law in this country where divergent religious interpretations abound and tolerance stands depleted to...

UNHRHC report indicts LTTE for 2009 civil war, vouches for creation of a Hybrid Court

A 300-odd page report by UN Human Rights High Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein has implicated the LTTE for killing Tamil, Muslim and Sinhalese civilians, through indiscriminate suicide bombings and mine attacks, as well as assassinations of individuals including public officials, academics and dissenting Tamil political figures. In this way, the UN  rights organization has now...

US Court approved $415m settlement in tech wage case

A federal judge approved a $415 million settlement case that extended from a period of 2005 to 2009 and revolved around allegations that Apple, Google and several other Silicon Valley companies illegally conspired to prevent their workers from getting better job offers.“No poaching” pact was agreed upon where Apple, Google and other major employers cant recruit each other's workers...

Google foes targeted by Hausfeld, US Law Firm for private damages claim

U.S. law firm and class action specialist Hausfeld on September 1st launched a platform to help pursue claims against Google since it is posing an important problem for the world’s No. 1 Internet search engine amid its regulatory troubles in Europe. Avisa Partners, Public affairs consultancy will jointly manage the platform. It is helping French Internet search firm 1plusV in its EU...

Head of Greece's Supreme Court- Country's caretaker Prime Minister

The head of Greece's Supreme Court, Vassiliki Thanou, who at 65 will be the first woman to assume the post, was named on Thursday as the country's caretaker Prime Minister ahead of early elections, after leftist leader Alexis Tsipras resigned, the President's office said.The outgoing Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, barely seven months into his four-year term, resigned last week and triggered...

Appoint renowned architect for restoration of Hindu Temple: Pakistan SC

A three Judge Bench of the Pakistan Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja has reportedly expressed dissatisfaction with the restoration work of a Hindu Temple in the Khyber-Pukhtunkhwa and ordered the Government to hire a renowned architect for the task.The Bench directed the authorities to come up with a plan to rebuild the Shri Paramhans Ji Maharaj's Samadhi, which...

ITLOS asks India and Italy to suspend all court proceedings on Enrica Lexie case [Read the Order]

Majority opinion and ITLOS orderThe International Tribunal for the Law of Sea [ITLOS]  today, asked both India and Italy to suspend all court proceedings and to refrain from initiating new ones which might aggravate or extend the dispute or might jeopardize or prejudice the carrying out of any decision which the arbitral tribunal may render in future. It also asked both countriesto submit to...

Samsung v. Apple: Samsung to approach the US Supreme Court in patent infringement battle

Samsung is reportedly planning to file a petition in the US Supreme Court by November, in its patent infringement battle against its American rival, Apple.The Petition will be filed by November, and “will present at least two substantial questions concerning design-patent liability and damages.”The Petition challenges the order of an appeals Court which upheld part of a ruling by a...

Pak SC upholds setting up of military courts to try civilians; says vires of constitutional amendment can be examined

A 17 judge bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) on Wednesday by majority of 11 against 6 upheld the 21st amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan providing for the establishment of military courts in Pakistan. The Court by a comprehensive majority of 14 against 3 also dismissed petitions challenging the 18th amendment to the Constitution. The 17-judge bench was presided over by the...

17 Member Bench of Pak SC upholds establishment of Military Courts for Terrorism Cases

A 17 member Bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, in a majority 11-6 vote, has upheld the establishment of the controversial special military courts in the country for speedy trial of terrorists.The Bench, headed by Chief Justice Nasirul Mulk dismissed several identical petitions against the 21st constitutional amendment by the Parliament which set up the military courts, which were alleged...

Italian Marines Case: International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea to hear case next month

The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea has agreed to hear an appeal seeking to stop criminal proceedings against two Italian marines charged with shooting dead two fishermen in February, 2012.The appeal filed by Italy says, “India shall refrain from taking or enforcing any judicial or administrative measures against Sergeant Massimiliano Latorre and Sergeant Salvatore Girone...