Foreign/International
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...
Death Penalty; U.S. Supreme Court rejects challenge against controversial Execution Drug [Read the Judgment]
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled against three death row prisoners who had brought a challenge to the use of the controversial lethal injection, midazolam drug on the ground that it violates the Eighth Amendment of the US Constitution which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment.Midazolam is used to sedate inmates before injecting them with two other drugs, and the petitioners argued that...