Foreign Courts Archives

Pak SC | Man convicted of defiling Quran with semen acquitted in the absence of tangible evidence

Supreme Court of Pakistan: The Division Bench of Dost Muhammad Khan and Qazi Faez Isa, JJ. allowed an appeal against order convicting

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Islamabad HC | Petition challenging release of IAF WC Abhinandan Varthaman rejected

“Decisions which are taken by the Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament), particularly during challenging times, are inevitably required to be respected and upheld.” Islamabad High

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Pak SC | A free lady cannot be compelled to give sample for DNA test as it would violate her liberty, dignity and privacy

Supreme Court of Pakistan: The Divison Bench of Mushir Alam and Qazi Faez Isa, JJ. allowed a petition seeking to set aside

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SC of Sri Lanka | Court takes violation of Right to Equality seriously, directs admission of the child

Supreme Court of Sri Lanka: In this appeal violation of Right to Equality was contended which was even upheld by the bench

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Pak SC | National Accountability Ordinance: Special law for combating white-collar crimes – no provision for bail therein

Supreme Court of Pakistan: The Three-Judge Bench of Mian Saqib Nisar, HCJ; Mushir Alam and Ijaz Ul Ahsan, JJ., allowed the petition

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Pak SC | Mother’s poverty not a ground to disentitle her from custody of her child – minor’s welfare is of paramount importance

Supreme Court of Pakistan: The Division Bench of Qazi Faez Isa and Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel, JJ. dismissed a petition challenging assailing

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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,