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Pak SC | An appellate adjudicatory authority; cannot challenge Court’s order in purely adversarial proceeding

Supreme Court of Pakistan: The Division Bench of Mushir Alam and Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel, JJ. dismissed a petition filed by Securities

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Pak SC | Pakistani citizen has right to hold citizenship of certain other countries, but such citizen not eligible for election as Member of Parliament

Supreme Court of Pakistan: The Seven-Judge Bench of Mian Saqib Nisar, HCJ and Gulzar Ahmed, Azmat Saeed, Mushir Alam, Umar Ata Bandial,

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SA HC | Applicant forced to file urgent writ petition due to disregard of S. 102(2) of the Systems Act by Municipality

High Court of South Africa, Free State Division: This matter was brought before a Bench of Chesiwe, J. on an urgent basis

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SA HC | Settlement deed incorporated in divorce decree, constitute a court order

High Court of South Africa, Free State Division: This case was filed before a Bench of Mhlambi, J., where the question before

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Pak SC | Law colleges directed to introduce five-year LL.B programme; admission to 3-year LL.B banned

“….senior members of the Bar have a duty to contribute to the learning and grooming of entrants during the mandatory apprenticeship period

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SL CoA | Decision of Provincial High Court reversing order of ejectment by Magistrate’s Court set aside

Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka: In this appeal validity of the order of the Provincial High Court of the Central Province

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SA HC | Minor sentenced to imprisonment as a last resort under the Child Justice Act, 2008 for robbery, kidnapping and rape

High Court of South Africa, Eastern Cape Local Division: This case was filed before a Bench of G.G. Goosen, J. where Court

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SL CoA | Person claiming prescriptive title against rightful owner has a heavy burden to prove all requirements prescribed in S. 3 of Prescription Ordinance

Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka: The Bench of Mahinda Samayawardhena, J. dismissed the appeal of the plaintiff seeking a declaration of

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SCOTUS | “Secret sales” can invalidate a patent; petitioner denied patent rights over an invention which was available to public use prior to patent

Supreme Court of the United States: In order to craft a federal patent system that encourages the creation and disclosure of new

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SL CoA | Correctness of HS Code for ‘thalsukiri’ (palm sugar) yet to be decided; order based on incorrect HS Code quashed

Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka: This appeal was filed before a Bench of Mahinda Samayawardhena, J., to quash an order where

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Pak SC | Writ against Pakistan Olympic Association and its officials not maintainable as the Association does not perform ‘public functions’

Supreme Court of Pakistan: The three-judge Bench of Mian Saqib Nisar, Ijaz Ul Ahsan and Sajjad Ali Shah, JJ. hearing a civil

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SL CoA | Burden of proof with claimant to show lawful possession for proving prescriptive title to land

Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka: This appeal was filed before a Bench of Mahinda Samayawardhena, J., for ejectment of defendants from

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Namibia SC | Extending liability to State for mala fide conduct of judicial officer may create far worse mischief than not extending it

Supreme Court of Namibia: The Three-Judge Bench of Shivute, CJ., Frank, AJ and Damaseb, DCJ. (dissenting), stated that making the State liable

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Pak SC | Adjudication by jirgas/ panchayats posing as courts in tribal areas declared illegal; Reliance placed on SC of India’s rulings on khap panchayats

“When in the name of preservation of tradition these jirgas/panchayats assume the powers of a pillar of the State, i.e. the judiciary,

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Mau IC | SC can direct Presiding Magistrate to designate another magistrate to hear evidence on appropriate sentence

Mauritius Intermediate Court: The Bench of B.R. Jannoo- Jaunbocus, set aside the motion of the defendant in relation to the protection of

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Pak SC | OUP (Pakistan) entitled to tax exemption under Cl. 86 of Income Tax Ordinance; holds judgment by SC of India in OUP India case wrong

Supreme Court of Pakistan: The Three-Judge Bench of Umar Ata Bandial, Munib Akhtar and Yahya Afridi, JJ. set aside the judgment of

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UK SC | Personal liberty cannot be impinged by Community Treatment Order

Supreme Court of United Kingdom: A five-Judge bench comprising Lady Hale, Lord Kerr, Lord Wilson, Lord Black, Lord Lloyd Jones, JJ. disposed

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SCOTUS | Court cannot override the arbitrability clause in a contract

Supreme Court of the United States: The appeal lies before the Bench of Kavanaugh, J. The facts of the case were such

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Pak SC | Overpopulation a ‘ticking bomb’ diffusion of which calls for responsible parenthood behaviors by promoting 2 child policy

Supreme Court of Pakistan: The Bench of HCJ Mian Saqib Nisar and Faisal Arab and Ijaz Ul Ahsan, JJ. stated that population

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SCOTUS | Burglary in mobile structures for overnight accommodation included in ‘burglary’ under Armed Career Criminal Act

Supreme Court of the United States: This appeal was filed before the Bench of Breyer, J. The case involved two defendants who

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Pak SC | An appellate adjudicatory authority; cannot challenge Court’s order in purely adversarial proceeding

Pak SC | Pakistani citizen has right to hold citizenship of certain other countries, but such citizen not eligible for election as Member of Parliament

SA HC | Applicant forced to file urgent writ petition due to disregard of S. 102(2) of the Systems Act by Municipality

SA HC | Settlement deed incorporated in divorce decree, constitute a court order

Pak SC | Law colleges directed to introduce five-year LL.B programme; admission to 3-year LL.B banned

SL CoA | Decision of Provincial High Court reversing order of ejectment by Magistrate’s Court set aside

SA HC | Minor sentenced to imprisonment as a last resort under the Child Justice Act, 2008 for robbery, kidnapping and rape

SL CoA | Person claiming prescriptive title against rightful owner has a heavy burden to prove all requirements prescribed in S. 3 of Prescription Ordinance

SCOTUS | “Secret sales” can invalidate a patent; petitioner denied patent rights over an invention which was available to public use prior to patent

SL CoA | Correctness of HS Code for ‘thalsukiri’ (palm sugar) yet to be decided; order based on incorrect HS Code quashed

Pak SC | Writ against Pakistan Olympic Association and its officials not maintainable as the Association does not perform ‘public functions’

SL CoA | Burden of proof with claimant to show lawful possession for proving prescriptive title to land

Namibia SC | Extending liability to State for mala fide conduct of judicial officer may create far worse mischief than not extending it

Pak SC | Adjudication by jirgas/ panchayats posing as courts in tribal areas declared illegal; Reliance placed on SC of India’s rulings on khap panchayats

Mau IC | SC can direct Presiding Magistrate to designate another magistrate to hear evidence on appropriate sentence

Pak SC | OUP (Pakistan) entitled to tax exemption under Cl. 86 of Income Tax Ordinance; holds judgment by SC of India in OUP India case wrong

UK SC | Personal liberty cannot be impinged by Community Treatment Order

SCOTUS | Court cannot override the arbitrability clause in a contract

Pak SC | Overpopulation a ‘ticking bomb’ diffusion of which calls for responsible parenthood behaviors by promoting 2 child policy

SCOTUS | Burglary in mobile structures for overnight accommodation included in ‘burglary’ under Armed Career Criminal Act

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