Foreign/International
Whistle Blowing Protection Should Be Extended To Judges, Holds UK Supreme Court [Read Judgment]
"To give the judiciary such protection might be thought to enhance their independence by reducing the risk that they might be tempted to "go public" with their concerns, because of the fear that there was no other avenue available to them, and thus unwillingly be drawn into what might be seen as a political debate."
Lahore HC Issues Notice to Punjab Govt (Pakistan) On Plea Challenging Hafiz Saeed's Arrest in Terror Financing Case
The Lahore High Court at Pakistan has issued notices to government of Punjab province (Pakistan) and the Counter-Terrorism Department, in the terrorism financing case against Jamat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed, reported India Today. The notices were issued on Monday on the petition challenging Saeed's arrest in the case, seeking replies from the government by October 28. As per...
Scotland Parliament Passes Bill Which Criminalizes Physical Punishment Of Children By Parents [Read Bill]
The Scottish Parliament has passed a law criminalizing physical punishment to children.The bill, titled as Children (Equal Protection from Assault) (Scotland) Bill, intends to abolish the defence of reasonable chastisement, i.e. a common law rule that the physical punishment of a child in the exercise of a parental right or a right derived from having charge or care of the child is...
'Enhanced Interrogation' Techniques Amount To Torture: US Court of Appeals [Read Judgment]
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has recognised enhanced interrogation techniques, intended to break down the resistance of the suspect, amounts to torture. The court reversed the district court's order quashing a subpoena sought by Abu Zubaydah, who is currently held at the U.S. detention facility in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. District court...
Police Cannot Arrest Lawful Protesters To Prevent Breach Of Peace : Canadian Supreme Court [Read Judgment]
What is the extent that police officers can go when initiating a "protective / preventive" arrest? Can protestors who has not infringed any law, be arrested, so as to protect them and prevent the potential occurrence of a breach of peace? These questions and the general power of the police under the common law principle was answered unanimously by the Canadian Supreme Court in the...
Hyderabad Nizam's Fund: UK Court Rules In Favour of India, Rejects Pak Claim [Read Judgment]
The High Court of England and Wales on Wednesday has given a Judgment in favour of India in a decades old legal battle with Pakistan over funds belonging to Hyderabad's Nizam.In a big relief to the eighth Nizam of the former province of Hyderabad, Mukarram Jah, the Court held that the funds worth 1 million pounds (now 35 million pounds) were sent by the erstwhile Nizam Asaf Jah to Pakistan...
India Votes Against Resolution For Abolition Of Death Penalty In 42nd UNHRC Session
In vote for a motion prohibiting death penalty as a mode of punishment at the 42nd Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, India preferred to dissent and voted No. The motion collectively submitted by Belgium, Benin, Costa Rica, France, Mexico, Mongolia, Republic of Moldova and Switzerland, endeavored to protect the rights of persons facing death penalty and other...
Google Not Bound To Apply 'Right To Be Forgotten' Globally, Holds European Court of Justice [Read Judgment]
The European Court of Justice has ruled that Google is not bound to apply the 'Right to be Forgotten' globally, but only in the member states of the European Union.The case reached the Court after the French Data Protection Authority, France (CNIL) imposed a Penalty of EUR 100 000 on Google because of its refusal, when granting a de-referencing request, to apply it to all its search...
Brexit Would Seriously Threaten The Rights of Women and Minorities: Best For Britain Report [Read Report]
A recent report released by Best For Britain, a human rights organization, Brexit would seriously affect the equal rights and protections enjoyed by women and minorities in Britain. The report says that exiting from EU would also mean non-applicability of many EU Directives addressing many employment rights, maternity rights, trafficking laws and measures to combat...
Trans-Male Who Gave Birth To A Child Cannot Be Registered As A Father: High Court Of England & Wales [Read Judgment]
The High Court of England and Wales has rejected the plea of a transgender man who wanted to be registered as a father of the child he had given birth to last year. In its ruling, the court also went on to give the first legal definition of a mother in English Common Law. In the present case, a transgender man who had undergone multiple gender reaffirmation surgeries, retained...