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Canada SC | Parliament of Canada has power to criminalise forced genetic testing or disclosure of a person’s genetic test results without their consent

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SCOTUS | For purposes of Major Crimes Act, land reserved for Creek Nation since 19th century remains Native American territory

Supreme Court of the United States of America (SCOTUS): The Supreme Court of the United States, in what is being touted as

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SCOTUS validates promulgation of Rules imposing moral and religious exemptions on providing contraceptive coverage to women by their employers

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US SC asks President Trump to release his financial records to NY prosecutors but not to Congress

US SC: In a high-profile set of rulings, the US Supreme Court has, in a 7:2 verdict, held that the t President

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SCOTUS | Bar imposed on families from using State Scholarships for religious schools is violative of Free Exercise Clause of Federal Constitution

Supreme Court of the United States: While determining that whether Rule 1 promulgated by the Montana Revenue Department barring the families from

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SCOTUS | Louisiana’s Act 620 declared unconstitutional as it imposes a severe burden on women for access to abortion

Supreme Court of the United States: While looking into the validity of Louisiana’s Act 620 laying out certain laws for abortion, the

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UK SC | Application of ‘sufficiency requirement’ is the bedrock of Patent Law; hence its diluted interpretation would tilt the balance in favour of patentees and against the public

Supreme Court of United Kingdom: While deciding the instant appeal which challenged the validity of two patents seeking monopoly over the creation

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Bolton has gambled with national security of USA | US District Court says: Former NSA is exposed to potentially criminal liability, while ruling against injunction on his White House Memoir

United States District Court, Columbia: Royce C. Lamberth, J., held that, a mandated pre-publication review process is not an unconstitutional prior restraint.

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SCOTUS | US Government’s decision to rescind DACA is capricious & arbitrary and therefore can be judicially reviewed

Supreme Court of The United States: In a landmark decision affecting the immigrants in the United States of America, the 9 Judge

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In a big win for LGBT workers, US SC holds firing an individual merely for being homosexual or transgender illegal

US Supreme Court: In a crucial verdict for the LGBT Community, the US Supreme Court has, in a 6-3 verdict, held that

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Pak SC | Federal Government of Pakistan must create a national level legislation to combat Covid-19 pandemic

Supreme Court of Pakistan- Taking suo motu notice of the measures taken by the Federal Government and Provincial Governments to tackle the

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US SC | Church denied relief against the Order issued by the Governor of California, imposing 25% occupancy cap on religious gatherings

Supreme Court of The United States: While deciding the application for injunctive relief brought in by the South Bay United Pentecostal Church,

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Canada SC | While entrapping drug dealers, the Police must have a “reasonable suspicion” to believe that the crime is being committed

Supreme Court of Canada: While deciding issues like application of entrapment framework to dial-a-dope investigations and whether, in the instant case, the

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SL CoA | Court holds Urban Development Authority as competent authority to form an opinion about the land to be recovered

Court of Appeal of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: Mahinda Samayawardhena, J., dismissed an appeal filed seeking to quash by

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SL SC | Sentencing is a sacred right vested with the judicial officer; Court rejects appeal

Supreme Court of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: A Full Bench of Priyantha Jayawardena, L.T.B. Dehideniya and S. Thurairaja, JJ.,

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SL CoA | Writ of Mandamus to be issued only in case of public or statutory duty; Court rejects appeal

Court of Appeal of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: A Division Bench of Janak De Silva and N. Bandula Karunarathna,

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SL CoA | Court rejects appeal in case of murder; convicts to be hanged

Court of Appeal of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: A Division Bench of K.K. Wickremasinghe and K. Priyantha Fernando, JJ.,

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SL CoA | Conviction for murder set aside for misdirection on the standard of proof directed to the jury

Court of Appeal of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: A Division Bench of K.K. Wickremasinghe and K. Priyantha Fernando, JJ.,

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SL CoA | Court should not act on the sole testimony of a prosecutrix if it appears to be unreliable and inconsistent; Court allows appeal

Court of Appeal of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: A Division Bench of K. K. Wickremasinghe and K. Priyantha Fernando,

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SL SC | Absence of proof leads to dismissal of petition of violation of Fundamental rights

Supreme Court of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: A Full Bench of Buwaneka Aluwihare, Murdu N. B. Fernando and E.