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Effect of entering plea of guilty: Benefit of discount in sentence must be appropriately accorded to the accused

Supreme Court of Western Australia: A Single Judge Bench of Jenkins, J., allowed an appeal filed against the order of magistrates court

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“Overtime payment” covered under the head “bonus” in the Terms of Service, Appeal allowed: SC of Zambia

Supreme Court of Zambia: A 3-Judge Bench comprising of CJ Mambilima and Kaoma and Kajimanga, JJS., allowed appeal where remuneration for overtime work

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Pakistan SC acquits woman convicted of blasphemy due to inconsistencies in prosecution case and failure to prove case beyond reasonable doubt

Supreme Court of Pakistan: A Three-Judge Bench comprising of Mian Saqib Nisar, Asif Saeed Khan Khosa and Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel, JJ.

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Regulation 3 of the National Pension Scheme (Benefits and Eligibility) Regulations 2000 declared ultra vires the National Pension Scheme Act, 1996

Supreme Court of Zambia: An appeal was filed before a 3-Judge Bench comprising of M. Malila, C. Kajimanga and J.K. Kabuka, JJS.,

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UK SC | Direction restricting period of accommodation in HMO to 10 months in a year for students held irrational

United Kingdom Supreme Court: A Five Judge Bench comprising of Lady Hale, President, Lord Wilson, Lord Carnwath, Lady Black and Lord Lloyd-Jones

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Solitary confinement need not leave physical scars that leave the offender dead to everything but torturing anxieties: SCOTUS

United States Supreme Court: A Bench comprising of Sotomayor, Breyer and Kennedy, JJ., denied the writ of certiorari but gave directions for

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Rebutting presumption under Section 18(2) of the Misuse of Drugs Act: Statement about absence of knowledge of nature of drugs not sufficient

Supreme Court of Singapore: The Bench comprising of CJ Sundaresh Menon and Judith Prakash JA and Tay Yong Kwang, JJ., allowed an

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Salesman not a ‘workman’ but entitled to relief for dismissal of service under the Payment of Wages Act, 1936

Supreme Court of Pakistan: A Division Bench comprising of Mushir Alam and Munib Akhtar, JJ. while hearing an appeal in relation to

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Pakistan SC sets aside HC order violating Doctrine of Election; pursuing of different remedies on same facts seeking same relief as not a part of fair trial

Supreme Court of Pakistan: A 3-Judge Bench comprising of Mushir Alam, Faisal Arab and Sajjad Ali Shah, JJ. while hearing a petition

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No error by Trial Judge in addressing witness’s refusal to answer; convictions restored

Supreme Court of Canada: This appeal was filed before a 5-Judge Bench comprising of Wagner, CJ. Abella, Cote, Rowe and Martin, JJ.,

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Pakistan SC directs expeditious disposal of juvenile trials; sets aside conviction of a child wrongly incarcerated for 11 years

Supreme Court of Pakistan: A 3-Judge Bench comprising of Gulzar Ahmed, Qazi Faez Isa, and Sajjad Ali Shah, JJ. while hearing a

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Abuse of process and denial of justice: Only two grounds for refusing a stay in cases of an EJC clause

Supreme Court of Singapore: A Five Judge Bench comprising of Sundaresh Menon, CJ., Andrew Phan Boon Leong, Judith Prakash, Tay Yong Kwang,

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High Court’s order to forfeit entire property to State set aside by Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa

Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa: An appeal was filed against the order of Northern Cape Division of the High Court,

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Pakistan Supreme Court holds mining lease to be movable property; dismisses appeal for not raising territorial jurisdiction objections before trial court at the earliest

Supreme Court of Pakistan: A Division bench comprising of Mushir Alam and Sajjad Ali Shah, JJ. while hearing a civil petition for

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Stay on court proceedings in presence of an arbitration clause can be granted to either of the parties to arbitration only

Supreme Court of Singapore: A Single Judge Bench of Choo Han Teck, J., dismissed appeals filed against the order of the Assistant

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Mens rea immaterial in determining liability for the offence of “scandalizing contempt” under the provisions of Administration of Justice (Protection) Act, 2016

Supreme Court of Singapore: A Single Judge Bench of Woo Bih Li, J., allowed the summons filed by the petitioner, whereby petitioner

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High Court acted incorrectly by misconceiving the nature of case and cause of action: SC of Sri Lanka

Supreme Court of Sri Lanka: A 3-Judge Bench comprising of S. Eva Wanasundera, Vijith K. Malalgoda, PCJ. and H.N.J. Perera, J., upheld

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‘Duty to care’ covers the duty to not provide misleading information which may foreseeably cause physical injury

United Kingdom Supreme Court: A five-judge bench comprising of Lady Hale, Lord Reed, Lord Kerr, Lord Hodge, and Lord Lloyd-Jones while hearing

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Judge need not write extensively if “context and record” make clear that Judge had “a reasoned basis” for reducing petitioner’s sentence: SCOTUS

Supreme Court of The United States: A Nine-Judge Bench comprising of CJ Roberts, Breyer, Thomas, Ginsburg and Alito, JJ., and for the

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Shareholder when presented as “shareholder” means he is party in litigation in his personal capacity

Constitutional Court of South Africa: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Mogoeng, CJ. Dlodlo, Goliath, Petse, AJ, Froneman, Jafta, Khampepe, Madlanga, and