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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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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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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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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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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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JIT to be constituted for investigating Nawaz Sharif’s involvement in ‘Panama Papers’ scandal

Supreme Court of Pakistan: While addressing the grave issue of involvement of Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif in the ‘Panama Papers’

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Discrimination against a person on the basis of their sexual orientation is a form of sex discrimination under the Civil Rights Act, 1964

United States Court of Appeals: Pronouncing a landmark decision addressing a vital issue that whether prohibition against discrimination on basis of sex

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Kenya High Court strikes down criminal defamation, holds it is not a limitation to Freedom of Speech

Kenya High Court at Nairobi: The High Court has struck down the provisions of Criminal Defamation in its Penal Code. The Court observed

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ECJ: Individuals cannot request the authority responsible for maintaining the companies’ register, to limit access to personal data concerning them entered in that register

European Court of Justice: In the instant case wherein the issue was that whether Article 3 of Directive 68/151/EEC of 9 March

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SC of Canada: Individuals donning political T-shirts or displaying signs on windows do not come under the category of ‘sponsors’ for election advertising

Supreme Court of Canada: Determining some vital questions related to election advertising like whether, individuals or organizations who wish to “sponsor election

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UK Supreme Court decides against Government and its officials in two Human Rights cases, rules they must face the claims

Supreme Court of United Kingdom: Two human rights cases have been decided by the UK Supreme Court against UK officials. The respondents (Behlaj

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UK Supreme Court rules in favour of Government, says the capturing of Afgan Nationals by British troops is Crown act of State

Supreme Court of United Kingdom: Serdar Mohammed-an Afghan national was captured by British troops in Afghanistan on 7 April 2010 as the soldiers

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Court of Appeals at San Francisco denies Trump’s emergency motion against temporary nationwide stay on Travel Ban

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit: After imposition of a nation-wide TRO against the travel ban executive order by President

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Appeals Court denies setting aside District Court order of temporarily restraining the travel ban order

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit: After the Temporary Restraint Order by the District Court, Western District of Washington at Seattle

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Washington District Court orders nationwide temporary restraint on travel ban

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An Act of Parliament is required to authorise Government Ministers to give ‘Notice’ of United Kingdom’s decision to withdraw from European Union

Supreme Court of United Kingdom: In a landmark decision with regards to the June 2016 referendum which marked the “BREXIT”, the 11-

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SC of Canada: Section 337 of the Act Respecting the Distribution of Financial Products and Services does not abrogate litigation privilege attached to a document

Supreme Court of Canada: While considering the issue regarding the powers of investigation of the syndic that whether the assistant syndic of

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

US Supreme Court partially lifts the block on travel ban Order

Jadhav’s Case: ICJ fixes time-limits for filing of the initial pleadings

No free abortions for Northern Irish women in England: UK Supreme Court

SCOTUS upholds the principle of International Patent Exhaustion

JIT to be constituted for investigating Nawaz Sharif’s involvement in ‘Panama Papers’ scandal

Discrimination against a person on the basis of their sexual orientation is a form of sex discrimination under the Civil Rights Act, 1964

Kenya High Court strikes down criminal defamation, holds it is not a limitation to Freedom of Speech

ECJ: Individuals cannot request the authority responsible for maintaining the companies’ register, to limit access to personal data concerning them entered in that register

SC of Canada: Individuals donning political T-shirts or displaying signs on windows do not come under the category of ‘sponsors’ for election advertising

UK Supreme Court decides against Government and its officials in two Human Rights cases, rules they must face the claims

UK Supreme Court rules in favour of Government, says the capturing of Afgan Nationals by British troops is Crown act of State

Court of Appeals at San Francisco denies Trump’s emergency motion against temporary nationwide stay on Travel Ban

Appeals Court denies setting aside District Court order of temporarily restraining the travel ban order

Washington District Court orders nationwide temporary restraint on travel ban

An Act of Parliament is required to authorise Government Ministers to give ‘Notice’ of United Kingdom’s decision to withdraw from European Union

SC of Canada: Section 337 of the Act Respecting the Distribution of Financial Products and Services does not abrogate litigation privilege attached to a document

Decision with respect to legalization of euthanasia lies with the South African Parliament rather than the Judges

Samsung-Apple design patent infringement battle remanded back to Federal Circuit

Courts in England and Wales, not bound by Privy Council decisions