File photo of the Bombay High Court. The Bombay High Court on Tuesday upheld arbitral awards totalling over Rs 538 crore in favour of the now-defunct Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Kochi Tuskers, dismissing BCCI’s challenge. Justice RI Chagla ruled that the court’s jurisdiction under Section 34 of the Arbitration Act is limited and it…
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Argentina’s former president and one of the country’s most polarizing political figures, was sentenced to prison on Tuesday and barred for life from public office after the Supreme Court upheld her corruption conviction. The ruling is likely to deepen political tensions in the country and comes after Mrs. Kirchner, who was…
Allahabad High Court has validated professor Naima Khatoon’s appointment as Aligarh Muslim University’s Vice-Chancellor, dismissing challenges to the selection process. The court emphasized the adherence to regulations and hailed the appointment as a progressive step for gender representation. Khatoon expressed faith in the judiciary, viewing the verdict as a reaffirmation of democratic values within the…
South Korea’s Constitutional Court on Friday decided to oust President Yoon Suk Yeol, upholding parliament’s impeachment motion over his short-lived imposition of martial law last year that sparked the country’s worst political crisis in decades. With Yoon’s ouster, a presidential election is required to take place within 60 days, according to the country’s constitution. Yoon’s…
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat HC has upheld the acquittal of six individuals in the killing of three British nationals of Indian origin near Prantij in Sabarkantha district during the 2002 riots. A special SIT court in Himmatnagar had exonerated the accused citing lack of evidence on Feb 27, 2015. HC comprising justices A Y Kogje and S…
On Friday, a federal judge ruled that immigration authorities are not required to reinstate a Biden-era policy limiting arrests at schools, following a legal challenge from Denver officials against new Trump administration policies, as reported by the Associated Press.US District Judge Daniel Domenico stated that Denver Public Schools failed to demonstrate that a decline in…
MUMBAI: Bombay HC has upheld the sentence of a dismissed Lt Col to five years of imprisonment under Pocso Act for sexual assaulting and sexual harassing an 11-year-old girl. “The statement of the prosecutrix-minor girl inspires confidence… Her instinct of identifying a bad touch of the petitioner must be believed,” said a bench of Justices…
Nishikant Dubey (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed Jharkhand government plea and upheld HC’s decision to quash an FIR against BJP MPs Nishikant Dubey, Manoj Tiwari, and other persons related to the 2022 Deoghar airport incident where allegedly the Air Traffic Control (ATC) was forced to give clearance for an unscheduled…
The US Supreme Court is addressing the concerns raised by TikTok over the imposed ban by the US government. The court is evaluating legislation that mandates ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese parent firm, to sell its US platform or exit the market due to national security concerns. Source link