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UK Appeals Court holds government’s mass digital surveillance regime as unlawful

Court of Appeal (Civil Division): In a case brought against UK government’s mass digital surveillance regime which was spearheaded by the Data

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Canada SC rules text messages can attract a reasonable expectation of privacy under Section 8 of Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Supreme Court of Canada: The Court recently dealt with a very interesting question in the ambit of right to privacy. The question

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Published on December 19, 2017May 23, 2018By Saba
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Minister has right to be represented in Administrative Tribunal by anyone who is not an advocate in matters of social aid: Supreme Court of Canada

Supreme Court of Canada: The Canadian Supreme Court recently had to decide on an important issue of administrative law pertaining to how

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Published on December 16, 2017May 23, 2018By Saba
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Supreme Court of Canada: Provincial Courts can try criminal and provincial offences in single trial jointly

Supreme Court of Canada: The Court recently decided over an interesting question of law as to whether Ontario Provincial Court Judges can

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Published on December 14, 2017December 14, 2017By Saba
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British woman deported over Buddha tattoo wins compensation from Sri Lankan Supreme Court for gross violation of fundamental rights by officials

Supreme Court of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka:  The Sri Lankan Apex Court recently granted relief and compensation to a

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Published on November 29, 2017November 29, 2017By Saba
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Case BriefsForeign Courts

Biowatch principle to be applied in all constitutional matters except vexatious litigations

Constitutional Court of South Africa: A Constitutional Bench comprising of Nkabinde, ADCJ, Cameron, Froneman, Jafta, Khampepe, Madlanga, Mhlantla, Zondo, JJ along with

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Published on November 7, 2017By Saba
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Torture victims were wrongly imprisoned in immigration detention centres in UK

High Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division  (England and Wales): Recently before the High Court, the statutory guidance,  ‘Adults at Risk in

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Published on October 12, 2017By Saba
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Case BriefsForeign Courts

Right to die cases need not be taken to court if relatives and doctors agree, Court of Protection rules

Court of Protection, London: Peterson Jackson, J. in a matter before the Court of Protection recently ruled that legal permission is not

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Published on September 27, 2017By Saba
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Kenya imposes world’s toughest law against plastic bags

High Court of Kenya: Rejecting a plea from manufacturers that the production of plastic bags creates jobs, Kenya’s High Court on Monday

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Published on August 29, 2017August 30, 2017By Saba
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Contract of affiliation for commercial purposes can be perpetual as well as unilateral in nature: SC of Canada

Supreme Court of Canada: Canadian Supreme Court recently dealt with a case in which opposing parties were bound by a contract of

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Published on August 14, 2017By Saba
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Railways vicariously liable for the negligence of its employees within the scope of employment

Supreme Court of Sri Lanka: The Supreme Court affirmed the High Court’s award of Rs. 3,500,000/- as damages to the plaintiff in

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Published on August 4, 2017By Saba
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Case BriefsForeign Courts

Multiple proceedings on same cause of action is abuse of court process

High Court of Kenya at Nairobi:  It is a settled law that a litigant has no right to pursue pari passu two

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Published on August 3, 2017By Saba
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Arrest on suspicion which is unreasonable is unlawful

High Court of South Africa (Limpopo Division): In a judgment delivered by Mokgohloa, DJP of the High Court of South Africa, Limpopo

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Published on August 3, 2017By Saba
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Divorce petition allowed on the grounds of cruelty and adultery

High Court of Kenya:  The petition was filed pertaining to the issue of dissolution of marriage on the grounds of cruelty and

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Published on August 1, 2017By Saba
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Supreme Court of Canada: Whether an error is “legal” generally turns on its character, not its severity

Supreme Court of Canada: The Canadian Supreme Court was recently dealing with a case of sexual offence in which a 35 years old

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Published on July 29, 2017May 23, 2018By Saba
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Case BriefsForeign Courts

Pakistan Supreme Court disqualifies PM Nawaz Sharif; said he is not honest to be a Member of Parliament [Full Excerpt of Judgment]

Pakistan Supreme Court: The 5-judge bench of Asif Saeed Khan Khosa, Ejaz Afzal Khan, Gulzar Ahmed, Sh. Azmat Seed and Ijaz Ul

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Published on July 28, 2017August 4, 2017By Prachi Bhardwaj
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US Supreme Court partially lifts the block on travel ban Order

Supreme Court of United States: The US Supreme Court by a 2-1 majority granted a partial victory to the Executive as it

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Published on June 28, 2017August 11, 2017By Saba
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Jadhav’s Case: ICJ fixes time-limits for filing of the initial pleadings

International Court of Justice: The President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has, by an Order dated 13 June 2017, fixed

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Published on June 20, 2017By Saba
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No free abortions for Northern Irish women in England: UK Supreme Court

Supreme Court of United Kingdom: The Supreme Court has held by a 3-2 majority that the Secretary of State for Health’s failure to

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Published on June 15, 2017June 15, 2017By Saba
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SCOTUS upholds the principle of International Patent Exhaustion

Supreme Court of the United States: While relying upon the landmark decision in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2013 SCC OnLine

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Published on June 12, 2017July 14, 2017By Saba
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