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Court sets new framework for the determination of undue delay in trial

Supreme Court of Canada: While hearing an appeal for stay of proceedings due to undue delay as under Section 11(b) of the

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Draft order by Lord Chancellor for introduction of ‘residence test’ under Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act, 2012, held ultra vires to his powers under the Act

Supreme Court of United Kingdom: Hearing an appeal against the Draft Order proposed by the Lord Chancellor for introduction of a ‘residence

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Landlord cannot be held liable for a repairing covenant without the knowledge of the disrepair under the Landlord and Tenant Act,1985

Supreme Court of United Kingdom: In an appeal filed by a Landlord against the liability from failure to keep ‘paved area outside

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Extent to which Secretary of State has discretion under the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003, Section 1(3) to serve a judgment of an overseas court when requested, determined

Supreme Court of United Kingdom: While dismissing application for judicial review of the Secretary of State’s decision for the service of judgment

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Texas H.B. 2 provisions place ‘undue burden’ on woman’s right to choice and violate Fourteenth Amendment

Supreme Court of United States: In a defining moment for abortion laws in the United States, the Supreme Court reversed and remanded

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Single Sugar Phosphate fertilizer subsidy to be available to all who pass the 18 % phosphatic content threshold

Supreme Court of Pakistan: The Bench, comprising of Ejaz Afzal Khan and Qazi Faez Isa, JJ., upheld, with one modification, the decision

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True meaning and ambit of Section 83 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act, 2002 interpreted

Supreme Court of United Kingdom: In the matter concerning the interpretation of Section 83 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002, Lord

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Mistreatment of migrant domestic workers who are vulnerable because of their immigration is not race discrimination

Supreme Court of United Kingdom: The issue in this appeal is whether the mistreatment of migrant domestic workers who are vulnerable because

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Court should give substantial weight to the objective reasonableness of the losing party’s position while awarding attorney’s fees

Supreme Court of United States: The Petitioner Supap Kirtsaeng had initially won a copyright infringement filed by a textbook publisher John Wiley

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Use of prior tribal-court convictions consistent with the Indian Civil Rights Act as predicate offenses for federal offenses does not violate the Constitution

Supreme Court of United States: The Court in a unanimous decision allowed the State’s writ of Certiorari and reversed and remanded the

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Crime of Beastiality limited to penetration

Supreme Court of Canada: Principles of statutory interpretation and determination of Parliamentary intent were agitated in the present appeal by the Crown,

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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