Breaking| UK High Court issues enforcement order against Mallya’s UK assets
High Court of United Kingdom: An enforcement order has been passed favoring the 13 Indian banks and granting permission to the UK High Court
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Denial of breath sample especially on occurrence of accident causing death amounts to criminal offence: SC of Canada
‘Sentence must be proportionate to the gravity of the offence and the degree of responsibility of the offender’ Supreme Court of Canada:
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USD 500 mn verdict against Facebook in Virtual Reality lawsuit modified to half
US District Court for Northern District of Texas: A federal court presided by Ed Kinkeade, J. halved the amount of USD 500
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UK Court of Appeal disallows ‘assisted suicide’ to a terminally ill patient
UK Court of Appeal (Civil Division): A Three-Judge Bench comprising of Sir Terence Etherton, Sir Brian Leveson and Lady Justice King, JJ.
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UK Supreme Court rules ban on heterosexual civil partnerships as discriminatory
Supreme Court of United Kingdom: Lord Kerr, J. delivered the judgment for the Court including himself and Lady Hale, Lord Wilson, Lord
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Law college denied approval for forcing Evangelical Christian beliefs
Supreme Court of Canada: A nine-Judge Bench sided 7:2 against the Trinity Western University (TWU) and upheld the decision of the Law
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US Supreme Court upholds Trump’s ‘travel ban’ on nationals of five Muslim-majority States
Supreme Court of The United States: A nine-Judge Bench, by a majority of 5:4, upheld the travel ban on people from five
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ECJ: Conduct not contributing to change in control does not amount to gun-jumping
European Court of Justice: ECJ has provided guidance on the scope of the standstill obligation. It ruled that gun-jumping (when an acquiring
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UK Supreme Court orders the right-holders to indemnify the ISPs for compliance of website blocking order
United Kingdom Supreme Court: Lord Sumpton, speaking for himself and Lord Mance, Lord Kerr, Lord Reed and Lord Hodge, decided an appeal
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Courts do not have the jurisdiction of ‘Judicial Review’ for the decisions’ of religious organizations, unless the legal rights are at stake
Supreme Court of Canada: The Canadian Supreme Court Bench comprising of McLachlin C.J. and Abella, Moldaver, Karakatsania, Wagner, Gascon, Cote, Brown and
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ECJ in Christian Louboutin Trademark Case: Shape of a product does not include its colour
European Court of Justice: In May 2013, Christian Louboutin initiated proceedings before the District Court, The Hague, Netherlands, claiming that Van Haren
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Appeal filed in light of ‘Liquor Control Act’ preventing citizens from stocking up of ‘alcohol’ from another province
Supreme Court of Canada: The Court addressed an appeal on the challenge being made to Section 121 of the Constitution Act, 1867
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UK Supreme Court calls for urgent ‘radical reconsideration’ of Northern Ireland’s Abortion Law
UK Supreme Court: A seven-judge bench found Northern Ireland’s abortion law incompatible with Article 8 of European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). However,
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U.S Supreme Court rules in favor of a bakery owner who refused to make a cake for “gay” couple
Supreme Court of The United States: The United States Supreme Court set aside a Colorado Court ruling against the baker who refused
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Minor granted compensation in light of domestic animal acting “contra naturum”
High Court of South Africa, Eastern Cape Division: In a landmark judgment delivered by M.J. Lowe J., in the case of a
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In a narrow majority decision, US Supreme Court affirms that there is no right to class actions under National Labor Relations Act
Supreme Court of the United States: While deliberating on the issue that whether employees should always be permitted to bring their claims
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Appeal dismissed by affirming the decision of High Court in drug trafficking case; Death sentence imposed
Court of Appeal of Malaysia: The Bench comprising of Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, JCA, Yaacob Haji Md Sam, JCA, Zabariah Mohd Yusof,
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In light of lack of remorse and interest of society, life imprisonment an appropriate punishment for a rape convict
High Court of South Africa, Eastern Cape Division: In a judgment delivered by Brooks, J. of the High Court of South Africa,
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A bankrupt person’s cryptocurrency can be included in the debtor’s bankruptcy estate
Ninth Arbitration Court of Appeals: In a landmark decision, the Ninth Arbitration Court of Appeals of Russia has held that a bankrupt
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Inter partes review under the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, does not violate Article III or Seventh Schedule of US Constitution
Supreme Court of United States: While determining that whether the ‘inter partes review’ established under the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act violates Article
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