Foreign Courts Archives

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

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

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

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

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

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

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

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

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

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

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

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Singapore HC | Welfare of child to be considered before public policy; Court allows adoption by same-sex couple

Singapore High Court (Family Division): A Three-Judge Bench comprising of Sundaresh Menon, CJ., Judith Prakash, JA., and Debbie Ong, J., allowed an

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Pak SC | Reconstitution of Bench by CJ ousting brother Judge in open court unwarranted and unprecedented

“Any effort to muffle disagreement or to silence dissent or to dampen an alternative viewpoint of a member on the Bench, would

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SL CA | No appeal preferred against an action wrongly decided renders the matter with same cause of action as res judicata

Sri Lanka Court of Appeal: This appeal was filed before a 2-Judge Bench comprising of A.H.M.D. Nawaz and E.A.G.R. Amarasekara, JJ. Facts

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Eswatini HC | Long period of imprisonment not in interest of justice, youthfulness of accused considered while sentencing

Eswatini High Court: This matter was brought before a Bench of M. Langwenya, J. for judgment on sentence. Facts of the case

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Pakistan anti-corruption court sentences former PM Nawaz Sharif to seven years rigorous imprisonment for owning disproportionate assets

Judge Accountability Court- II, Islamabad: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Muhammad Arshad Malik, J. sentenced former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SA HC | Officers of court not to allow personal interest to conflict client’s interest

High Court of South Africa, Eastern Cape Division: This application was filed before a Single Judge Bench of M Makaula, J., for

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Mandatory for Court to give death penalty on commission of offence of aggravated robbery

Supreme Court of Zambia: This appeal was filed before a 3-Judge Bench comprising of Hamaundu, Kajimanga and Chinyama, JJS., where trial court

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Interim measure suspending alleged person from practicing as attorney passed pending disciplinary enquiry

Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa: This appeal was filed before a 5-Judge Bench comprising of Zondi, JA.; Navsa ADP., Mbha,

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Sri Lanka Supreme Court rules overnight dissolution of Parliament as unconstitutional

“Rule of Law dictates that every act that is not sanctioned by the law and every act that violates the law be

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Conviction for rape renders liability for punishment under Section 51 (2) of the Minimum Sentences Act

Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa: This appeal was filed before a 5-Judge Bench comprising of Tshiqi, Swain and Dambuza, JJA.,

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Application for business rescue proceedings does not terminate the office of provisional liquidators

Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa: This appeal was filed before a 5-Judge Bench comprising of Seriti, Cachalia, Molemela and Schippers,

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Exception raised to particulars of claim cannot succeed where the cause of action disclosed

High Court of South Africa, Western Cape Division: In this case before a Single Judge Bench of K M Savage, J., defendant

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

An expression even if hurtful to people’s feelings or downright offensive is protected under Section 16(1) of Constitution of South Africa

Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa: This appeal was filed before a 5-Judge Bench of Dambuza, JA., Lewis, Wallis and Zondi,

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

UK Court allows Vijay Mallya’s extradition to India; dismisses plea regarding lack of fair trial stating “do not accept that Courts in India are there to do what politicians tell them to do”

Westminster Magistrates’ Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Senior District Judge (the Chief Magistrate) Emma Arbuthnot accepted the Government of India’s