Shireen Abu Aqla: Al Jazeera Files Case At ICC Over Journalist's Killing

Al Jazeera television network has filed a formal request to the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Israeli forces over the killing of veteran journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Abu Akleh, a television correspondent with Al Jazeera for 25 years, was shot in the head during an Israeli raid in a refugee camp on the outskirts of the occupied West Bank city of Jenin back in May. She was wearing...

Banning Conditional Sentences For Certain Offences Is Constitutional: Canada Supreme Court Holds In 5:4 Majority

The Canada Supreme Court, on Friday, held that banning 'conditional sentences' for serious offences is constitutional. Handing down the judgment in 5:4 majority, the Court held, "While the crisis of Indigenous incarceration is undeniable, Ms. Sharma did not demonstrate that the impugned provisions created or contributed to a disproportionate impact on Indigenous offenders, relative...

Canada Supreme Court Says Mandatory And Lifetime Registration On Sex Offender Registry Unconstitutional

The Supreme Court of Canada has held the country's mandatory and lifetime registration on the sex offender registry unconstitutional.The national sex offender registry was created in the country in 2004 under Sex Offender Information Registration Act (SOIRA). While the prosecution had to earlier apply to a judge for including a name in the registry, the law was changed in 2011.Since...

Indian-American Attorney Arun Subramanian Nominated As US District Judge In New York By President Joe Biden

U.S. President Joe Biden has nominated Indian-American attorney Arun Subramanian to be the U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York. A communication to this effect was sent to the Senate by the White House on September 6 along with other judicial nominations.According to a statement released by the White House if confirmed, Subramanian will be the first South Asian judge...

Ketanji Brown Jackson Sworn In As US Supreme Court Justice- First Black Woman In Court's History

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson made history on Thursday as the first Black woman to become a U.S. Supreme Court justice as she was sworn into office immediately following the end of the Court's term and Justice Stephen Breyer's retirement.Chief Justice John Roberts administered the Constitutional oath of office to Jackson, and Justice Breyer administered the second Judicial oath of office...

U S Supreme Court: Derecognition Of The Constitutional Right To Abortion Is Feudalistic

Republican States wanting to ban abortions altogether or to impose severe restrictions on abortion were the ones who were pleading for reversal of Roe v Wade, a 7:2 judgement delivered 50 years ago. New laws made by some states banning abortions had been stayed by lower courts based on Roe. The previous Trump regime supporting orthodox Christian views had ensured a packed court for...

"Curtails Women's Status As Free & Equal Citizens" : SCOTUS Liberal Judges Dissent "With Sorrow" From Majority Decision Nullifying Abortion Rights

The Supreme Court of United States on Friday overturned Roe v. Wade wiping out the constitutional right to abortion that had been in place for nearly 50 years. The Court in a 6-3 ruling powered by its conservative majority upheld a Republican-backed Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks.The controversial ruling which had been expected since May after new portal Politico published...

BREAKING| US Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade Ending 50 Years Of Federal Abortion Rights

The US Supreme Court on Friday overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that established the constitutional right to abortion in the U.S. in 1973. The Court in a 6-3 ruling powered by its conservative majority upheld a Republican-backed Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. Friday's landmark ruling is in favour of the state of Mississippi in a highly controversial case- Dobbs...

US Supreme Court Expands Gun Rights, Strikes Down New York Law Limiting Guns in Public

The US Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a New York law that placed strict restrictions on carrying concealed firearms in public for self defense by opining that the century-old law requiring that applicants demonstrate "proper cause" and "good moral character" violates the Second Amendment. The 6-3 ruling with the conservative justices in the majority and liberal justices in dissent,...

State Constitution Does Not Provide A Fundamental Right To Abortion: lowa Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of the State of Iowa (in the United States of America) has held that the State Constitution is not a source to claim abortion as a fundamental right. In holding so, it has overruled its own decision rendered four years back in Planned Parenthood of the Heartland v. Reynolds (PPH II) (2018) ('PPH II'), wherein it was ruled that right to abortion is a fundamental right...

Explained : Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard -How US Jury Answered Defamation Claims Against Each Other?

A US Jury has delivered its verdict in the high profile defamation case between Hollywood actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, after a highly dramatic trial spread over six weeks, the live-stream of which caused a sensation in the internet.A 7-member jury constituted by the Circuit Court of Fairfax County, Virginia, unanimously ruled that a 2018 article published by Heard imputing...

US Jury Holds Johnny Depp & Amber Heard Liable For Defamation Of Each Other; Awards $15 Million Damages To Depp, $2 Million To Heard

Hollywood Actor Johnny Depp won his defamation case against Amber Heard, his ex-wife and former costar, reported Associated Press. Following a six-week trial, a US jury found that Heard had defamed Depp in a 2018 op-ed she wrote for The Washington Post, describing herself as "a public figure representing domestic abuse." The jury awarded Depp $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million...