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Myanmar SC Upholds Conviction Of Pulitzer Prize Awardee Journalists Under...
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...
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Quoting Kesavananda Bharati And Minerva Mills Uganda SC Holds Const....
The Supreme Court of Uganda has upheld the validity of Constitutional Amendment which removed age limit for the President and Local Council V Chairpersons. The Court unanimously upheld the...
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'Women Have The Right To Control Her Body': Kansas SC Upholds Right To...
The Supreme Court of the state of Kansas has held that its Constitution protects a woman's right of personal autonomy to make decisions about her body, including the decision whether to continue her...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Pak SC Holds Its First E-Court Hearing By Video Linking Karachi Bench
The Pakistan Supreme Court on Monday made history by conducting the first "e-court" hearing by video linking its Karachi bench registry.The PTI reported that a three-member bench headed by Chief...
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Criminalization Of Love Dilutes Compassion & Tolerance: Botswana HC...
The High Court of Botswana has declared unconstitutional the provisions of its penal code which criminalises homosexuality and has struck them down.The ruling is on a petition filed by Letsweletse...
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Ecuador Constitutional Court Recognizes Same-Sex Marriage [Read Judgment]
In a landmark ruling, the Constitutional Court of Ecuador has recognized same-sex marriage. In Ecuador, the Civil Code defined Marriage as a 'solemn contract by which a man and woman'. The case reached...
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Brazil Supreme Court Votes To Make Homophobia A Crime [Read Thesis]
The majority judges of the Supreme Court of Brazil have voted to make Homophobia a crime in the country. Eight of 11 judges voted the thesis which called for treating homophobia a crime like racism....
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Australian HC Upholds Sperm Donor's Claim That He Is Legal Parent Of The...
The High Court of Australia has upheld the claim of a 'sperm donor' that he is the legal parent of the child born by artificial insemination.Masson had donated his sperm to his 'close friend' for the...
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War Memorial Cross Does Not Offend The Constitution, Holds US Supreme Court...
The Cross does not offend the Constitution, remarked the Supreme Court of United States while holding that Bladensburg Peace Cross War memorial is not unconstitutional. In 1918, residents of Maryland,...
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Exporting Of Arms By UK to Saudi Arabia Unlawful: Court of Appeal [Read...
United Kingdom's Court of Appeal has ruled that the government had unlawfully granted export licenses for the sale or transfer of arms and military equipment to Saudi Arabia and has also put a stay on...
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Caribbean Court Of Justice Interprets Constitutional Provisions On...
The Caribbean Court of Justice has delivered a significant judgment on defection and no-confidence motion while upholding the fall of government under the David Granger in Guyana.In the present case, a...
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Non-Use Of Condom Without Partner's Consent Amounts To Sexual Assault :...
Emphasizing that forced sexual act contrary to the agreed terms of parties cannot be regarded as consensual, the Superior Court of Ontario, Canada held a man guilty of sexual assault for indulging in...
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Obligation To Wear Helmet While Riding Motorcycle Cannot Be Exempted For...
The Federal Administrative Court of Germany has ruled that anyone wearing a turban for religious reasons is not exempted from wearing a helmet when riding a motorcycle. The Federal Administrative Court...
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ICC Convicts Ntaganda 'The Terminator' Of War Crimes And Crimes Against...
The Trial Chamber of International Criminal Court has convicted Bosco Ntaganda of committing various forms of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Infamously known as 'The Terminator', Ntaganda is...
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US President Trump Violated First Amendment By Blocking Twitter Users...
The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has held that the President Donald Trump violated the First Amendment by blocking twitter users critical of him.Circuit Judges Parker, Hall,...
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Breaking : ICJ Directs Pakistan To Review Kulbhushan Jadhav's Death Sentence...
[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...
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Fired For Being Gay: How Are Catholic Institutions In America Legally Evading...
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...
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