• Julian Assange extradition appeal: what you need to know before the UK high court’s ruling

    WikiLeaks founder to learn on Tuesday if he can appeal against his extradition to the United StatesJulian Assange will learn whether he can fight to stop his extradition to the United States at 9.30pm AEDT (10.30am UK time) on Tuesday when two senior judges of London’s high court hand down their ruling.“This is it,” his wife, Stella Assange, said in a post to X. “DECISION TOMORROW.” Continue reading

  • Supreme Court transfers petitions against IT Rules, 2021 to the Delhi High Court

    The court ordered this transfer of cases based on a transfer petition by the Indian government, urging a consolidation of all the cases against the IT Rules, 2021 to one high court to avoid divergence of opinions.

  • UK High Court set to rule on Assange appeal

    London’s High Court is set to hand down its ruling on whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will be able to appeal against extradition from the United Kingdom to the United States. Dame Victoria Sharp and Justice Johnson are due to give their decision in writing on Tuesday. Assange faces extradition to the US over an […]

  • Montana’s high court strikes down voting reform laws

    The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled a series of voting reform laws passed by the state Legislature in 2021 violate the fundamental right to vote. The ruling, issued Wednesday, reaffirms a 2022 lower court ruling that found four voting-related bills from the 2021 Legislature session are unconstitutional and cannot be enforced. The case combined a challenge

  • Ummu’s murder: Court sentences Chinese to death by hanging

    A Kano State High Court, yesterday, sentenced a Chinese national, Frank Geng Quangrong, to death by hanging for stabbing to death his Nigerian lover, Ummukulsum Buhari.

  • Same-sex couples appeal high court ruling rejecting compensation

    Same-sex couples in Hokkaido appealed Monday a high court ruling earlier this month that recognized Japan's lack of legal recognition of same-sex marriage as unconstitutional but denied them damages for emotional distress. The appeal, filed with the Supreme Court, came after the Sapporo High Court upheld a lower court's landmark

  • And justice for all: U.S. court throws out Metallica insurance claim

    Heavy metal legends Metallica have lost a lawsuit against their insurers over Covid-era losses, with the judge quoting Taylor Swift in her ruling.The "Enter Sandman" four-piece had wanted $3 million to cover bills after concerts in South America had to be canned in 2020 as the coronavirus raced around the world.But their insurers, Lloyd's of London, denied their claim, saying it did not have to pay out in cases where communicable diseases had caused the losses.Frontman James Hetfield and his...

  • Court largely rules against Coinbase’s dismissal efforts in SEC case

    The SEC and Coinbase each scored partial wins in a Wednesday morning court

  • Justice Breyer, Off the Bench, Sounds an Alarm Over the Supreme Court’s Direction

    Justice Stephen G. Breyer’s Supreme Court chambers are not quite as grand as those he occupied before he retired in 2022, but they are still pretty nice. As before, they include a working fireplace, which was crackling when I went to visit him on a temperate afternoon in late February to talk about his new book. In earlier interviews, Justice Breyer could be rambling and opaque. This time he was direct. He said he meant to sound an alarm about the direction of the Supreme Court. “Something...

  • How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress

    With dismal basic education and a bleak job market, private tuition offer aspirational youngsters the best shot at clearing government recruitment tests.

  • Liberia: Lawyers for Former Rebel Commander Demand French Appeal Court to Acquit

    By Evelyn Kpadeh Seagbeh with New Narratives PARIS, France – As the appeal of a former commander of the rebel group Ulimo, of his 2022 war crimes conviction enters its final days, defense lawyers for Kunti Kamara called on the three judge panel and nine jurors to overturn the conviction saying there is a lack []

  • Despite Supreme Court Ruling, States Are Still Confiscating People’s Homes

    Despite Supreme Court Ruling, States Are Still Confiscating People’s Homes Authored by Michael Clements via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Horses taught Christine Searle the importance of being fair. Intelligent and innately honest creatures, horses know deceit when they see it. She wishes they could teach that principle to the state of Arizona. (Illustration by The Epoch Times, Shutterstock) The 70-year-old horse trainer and Arizona native is on the verge of losing her life’s...