Foreign/International
High Court Of Kenya Strikes Down Criminal Defamation, Cites Indian SC Judgments
The High Court of Kenya at Nairobi on Monday struck down the offence of criminal defamation, holding it to be “unnecessary, disproportionate and therefore excessive and not reasonably justifiable in an open democratic society based on human dignity, equality and freedom.”Ruling the provision as being against the Constitutional principles, Judge John M. Mativo observed, “By now, I...
Appeals Court Rejects Emergency Stay Motion To Reinstate Trump’s Immigration Ban
San Francisco-based 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Sunday refused to issue an emergency stay against the temporary restraining order issued on Friday by U.S. District Court Judge James Robart, against the enforcement of President Donald Trump’s controversial executive order banning entry to the US from seven majority-Muslim countries.“The injunction immediately harms the public by...
Conservative Judge Neil Gorsuch Nominated To SCOTUS By President Trump
It has been reported that newly elected US President Donald Trump has nominated Neil Gorsuch, a federal appeals judge in Denver to the Supreme Court, filling the vacuum created by Late Justice Antonin Scalia who died in February last year. Neil Gorsuch, considered as an ardent textualist (like Scalia); is the son of the late Anne Gorsuch Burford, a Republican appointee of President...
US Federal Court Stays Deportation Under President Trump’s Immigration Ban [Read Order]
The Federal Court for the Eastern District of New York on Saturday granted an emergency stay halting deportations under President Donald Trump’s executive order banning entry to the US from seven majority-Muslim countries.“It is appropriate and just that, pending completion of a hearing before the Court on the merits of the Petition, that the Respondents be enjoined and restrained from...
Act Of Parliament Required To Trigger Brexit, Rules UK SC: Govt Loses Appeal [Read Judgment]
Act of Parliament is required to authorise ministers to give notice of the decision of the UK to withdraw from the European Union, the court held.In a setback to the United Kingdom government, the Supreme Court of United Kingdom, by 8-3 majority, has dismissed its appeal and held that an Act of Parliament is required to authorise ministers to give notice of the decision of the UK to withdraw...
Sri Lankan SC Confirms Death Sentence To Ukrainian National, Cites Indian SC Judgment [Read Judgment]
However, it set aside the death penalty imposed on his girlfriend.The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka has upheld the death sentence imposed on a Ukrainian national named Mazur Ivegen for the murder of an 8-year-old child and a housemaid. The death sentence imposed on his girlfriend Iana Bereznah has been set aside.Mazur Ivegen and Iana Bereznah, both Ukrainian nationals, were held guilty for...
Legality of Euthanasia: South African SC Says Lawmakers Should Decide, Not Judges [Read Judgment]
Issues engaging profound moral questions beyond the remit of judges to determine, the court saidStriking a different note from the Supreme Court, which had legalised passive euthanasia in Aruna Shanbaug case, the South African Supreme court has set aside a high court judgment that had observed that the common law crimes of murder and culpable homicide needed to be or should be developed...
Samsung Vs. Apple: SCOTUS Sets Aside $399-Mn Fine On Samsung
In a huge relief to Samsung in its ‘patent’ war against Apple, the Supreme Court of United States (SCOTUS) has set aside $399-million penalty imposed on it for alleged ‘patent infringement’ and has remanded the case back to Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit for reconsidering the quantum of damages.Justice Sotomayor, speaking for the bench, which unanimously allowed...
Indian-origin Faiz Siddiqui Sues Oxford University For ‘Boring’ Teaching
An Indian-origin Oxford University former student, Faiz Siddiqui, has sued the University for wrecking his career owing to the ‘boring teaching’ imparted at the institution. He has alleged that if it wasn’t for the ‘negligent’ and ‘boring standards’, he would have earned decent grades and a soaring career as an international commercial lawyer. A judgment is expected end of...
China’s Top Court Acquits Man 21 Years After His Execution
Justice delayed is justice denied and in certain cases, the damage becomes irreversible. A man in China was exonerated 21 years after his execution. China’s Supreme Court on Friday acquitted Nie Shubin from charges of rape and murder, for which he was awarded capital punishment and, thereby, executed in 1995.Convicted for rape and murder of a woman in Shijiazhuang in Hebel province, Nie...
Susan Kiefel To Be Australia’s First Woman Chief Justice
Shattering the glass ceiling after 113 years, Susan Kiefel is set to become Australia’s first female Chief Justice. With accolades pouring in from all quarters, much is being talked about the momentous journey she undertook as a school dropout to being the nation’s topmost judge.She was named for the much-venerated spot on Tuesday morning by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull...
UK HC Judge Backs Terminally-Ill Girl’s Last Wish To Be Cryogenically Frozen
Justice Peter Jackson, of the Family Division of an UK High Court, has allowed an unusual application from a 14-year-old girl, suffering from cancer, who knew she is dying, but believed she could be woken up with the help of ‘cryonic preservation’.The girl, in a letter to the judge, wrote: “I have been asked to explain why I want this unusual thing done. I’m only 14 years old and...