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Defendants must be allowed to tell jurors in death penalty cases if they are ineligible for parole

Supreme Court of United States: The Court by a majority of 6:2 reversed the decision of the Arizona Supreme Court where the

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Supreme Court of The United States
Case BriefsForeign Courts

Racial Bias in Jury selection for death penalty case was committed by the State prosecutors

Supreme Court of United States: Ruling that prosecutors in Georgia violated the Constitution by striking every black prospective juror in a death penalty

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Published on May 30, 2016August 20, 2016By Sucheta
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Case BriefsForeign Courts

Section 26(2) of the Companies Act 71 of 2008 provides an unqualified right of access to a company’s securities register

Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa: Deciding an appeal wherein the issue concerned the proper interpretation of s 26(2) of the Companies

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Published on May 20, 2016May 23, 2018By Sucheta
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Case BriefsForeign Courts

Directions given regarding proper installation of billboards/hoardings in the city of Karachi so as to ensure city wide uniformity

Supreme Court  of Pakistan: While discussing the issue of achieving city wide uniformity in installation of billboards and hoardings in the city

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Published on May 18, 2016June 27, 2016By Sucheta
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World Bank jurisdictional immunity relating to information sharing, upheld

Supreme Court of Canada: While deciding a matter the Court has upheld the immunity status and independence of international organizations by rejecting

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Published on May 5, 2016June 27, 2016By Sucheta
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Canada SC
Case BriefsForeign Courts

Mandatory minimum sentences for drugs and bail conditions, struck down

Supreme Court of Canada: While deciding on two appeals the Court has struck down two so-called tough-on-crime measures introduced by the former

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Published on April 27, 2016May 23, 2018By Sucheta
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Case BriefsForeign Courts

English Court has jurisdiction to determine proceedings concerning the future welfare of two young girls who are Hungarian Nationals

Supreme Court of the United Kingdom: Deciding on an appeal as to whether courts of England or Hungary should have jurisdiction to determine

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Published on April 19, 2016May 23, 2018By Sucheta
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Supreme Court of The United States
Case BriefsForeign Courts

Pre-trial restraint of untainted assets needed to retain counsel of choice violates Sixth Amendment

Supreme Court of United States: In an interesting case wherein the issue was as to whether the pretrial restraint of a criminal defendant’s

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Published on April 11, 2016May 11, 2016By Sucheta
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Case BriefsForeign Courts

Cipla Vet (Pty) Ltd ordered to deliver all infringing Fiprotec products in its possession or under its control

Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa: Deciding on an appeal which concerns infringement of a patent entitled ‘Anti-parasitic composition for the treatment

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Published on April 7, 2016May 11, 2016By Sucheta
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Canada SC
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Infanticide convictions upheld over second-degree murder charge, for a woman who threw her children in garbage

Supreme Court of Canada: The Court for the first time has offered a new meaning to the legal definition of what constitutes

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Published on March 28, 2016April 15, 2016By Sucheta
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Case BriefsForeign Courts

Court rejects the Appeal of the Government of South Africa in Al-Bashir case

Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA): In a matter arising out of the indictment of the incumbent President of Sudan – Omar Hassan

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Published on March 25, 2016April 15, 2016By Sucheta
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Case BriefsForeign Courts

Application of new procedure in terms of amendments to the Judicial Service Commission Act 9 of 1994 is sensible, fair and just

Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa– Deciding on an important issue as to the legitimacy of steps taken by the Judicial

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Published on March 23, 2016May 23, 2018By Sucheta
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Case BriefsForeign Courts

South African Parliament directed to comply with the Statutory Language requirements

Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA): In an interesting constitutional matter, a five-judge Bench comprising Lewis, Ponnan (JJA), Seriti (JJA), Fourie (AJJA) and

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Published on March 17, 2016May 11, 2016By Sucheta
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Case BriefsForeign Courts

Chan Wing-Siu principle with regard to accessory liability overturned

Supreme Court of United Kingdom– Deciding on an important issue concerning the mental element of intent which must be proved when a

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Published on March 5, 2016March 28, 2016By Sucheta
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Canada SC
Case BriefsForeign Courts

Euthanasia – Canadian perspective

By Vidya Sagar

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Published on March 1, 2016December 7, 2016By Sucheta
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High Court of Australia upholds indefinite detention of asylum seekers in a foreign country

High Court   of Australia: Rejecting the challenge to the constitutionality of the offshore processing system, the High Court in a landmark judgment

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Published on February 11, 2016May 23, 2018By Sucheta
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Case BriefsForeign Courts

‘Habitual residence’ must be interpreted in a way that it corresponds to the place which reflects some degree of integration by the child in a social and family environment

Supreme Court of United Kingdom– Deciding on an important issue with regard to the point at which habitual residence of the child

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Published on February 8, 2016March 5, 2016By Sucheta
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Constitutionality of 7(1) (a) of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977, differentiating between juristic person and natural person, upheld

Supreme Court of South Africa: While deciding upon the constitutionality of Section 7(1) (a) of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 insofar as

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Canada SC
Case BriefsForeign Courts

Four month extension to the suspension on the invalidity of Sections 241(b) and 14, dealing with physician- assisted euthanasia, granted

Supreme Court of Canada: While deliberating upon the question that whether the Court should grant six-month extension to the suspension on the

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Published on January 20, 2016February 9, 2016By Sucheta
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Supreme Court of The United States
Case BriefsForeign Courts

Florida’s capital sentencing scheme violates the Sixth Amendment

Supreme Court of United States- Holding the Florida’s capital sentencing scheme as unconstitutional, the Court with the ratio of 8:1 held that

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Published on January 14, 2016February 9, 2016By Sucheta
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