Fake Encounter : Sri Lankan SC Orders Rs One Million Compensation For Custodial Killing [Read Judgment]

"Even a convicted criminal has a right not to be arbitrarily deprived of his life except in accordance with procedure established by law"

Unlawful Declaration Of Emergency: Pak Court Imposes Death Penalty On Former President Pervez Musharraf

Finding former Army General and former President of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf guilty of high treason, a special court in Pakistan on Tuesday decided to send him to the gallows, reported the Dawn newspaper. This is the first time in the history of Pakistan that a former Army chief has been sentenced to death. The death sentence has been passed under Article 6 of the Constitution...

Inspired By Supreme Court Of India, Zimbabwe HC Delivers Landmark Judgment Denouncing Discrimination Against Transgenders [Read Judgment]

"I have no doubt that although the focus in the Supreme Court of India was on the rights of the Indian Citizens, there is international flavor in the Court's analysis of transgender citizens and their expectations"

Decoding The Decision Of ICC To Authorise The Prosecutor To Investigate The Situation Of Rohingyas

On November 14, Pre-Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Court authorised the Prosecutor to conduct a preliminary investigation on the possible crimes against humanity committed against the Rohingyas. The approval has been given under Article 15 of the Rome Statute, which allows the Prosecutor to initiate investigations proprio motu on the basis of information on crimes within...

Applying 'Proportionality Test', Hong Kong Top Court Holds Face Mask Ban Unconstitutional [Read Judgment]

The Hong Kong High Court has ruled that the controversial legislative ordinance prohibiting covering of face using mask in public places is unconstitutional. The Chief Executive in Council of Hong Kong, Carrie Lam, had introduced the Prohibition of Face Covering Regulation on October 5, 2019. As per Section 3 of the Ordinance, a person must not use any facial covering that is...

Pegasus Surveillance: All You Want To Know About The Whatsapp Suit In US Against Israeli Spy Firm [Read Complaint]

The media reports about Whatsapp suing an Israeli spy firm in the USA for allegedly helping governments of several countries to snoop on roughly 1400 users across four continents sent shock waves across the world.LiveLaw has accessed the copy of the complaint filed by Whatsapp in the US court. The details of the case are as folllows : The case was filed by WhatsApp Inc. and Facebook...

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...