GEORGE TOWN: Former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng, his wife Betty Chew and businesswoman Phang Li Koon are at the Penang High Court Friday (May 3) morning for the decision on their bid to have corruption charges against them struck out. Lim and Chew were accompanied by assemblymen Joseph Ng (Air Itam), Connie Tan … Read more
The immediate-past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has denied paying $720,000 from the state treasury for his children’s tuition fees. The chairperson of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Olanipekun Olukoyede, on Tuesday, accused Mr Bello of stealing the funds while his administration was coming to an end to pay his children’s education … Read more
A former chairperson of Takum Local Government in Taraba State, Shiban Tikari, is now at large over his alleged involvement in the murder of a former lawmaker, Hosea Ibi. The state commissioner of police, David Iloyanomon, disclosed this to journalists on Thursday in Jalingo, the state capital. Mr Iloyanomon said since the Chief Judge of … Read more
Srinagar: The Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, Justice N. Kotiswar Singh administered the oath of office to Justice Mohd Yousuf Wani as Additional Judge of the High Court on Monday. The oath-taking ceremony was attended at Srinagar by Justice Tashi Rabstan, Justice Rajnesh Oswal, Justice Vinod Chatterji Koul, … Read more
The Gwalior High Court has ruled in favour of comedian Kapil Sharma, dismissing a petition filed against him and the makers of his popular show, The Kapil Sharma Show. The petition, filed two years ago, alleged that the show contained objectionable content, including remarks deemed disrespectful to women and the judiciary. Kapil Sharma wins legal … Read more
PETALING JAYA: The hearing of the defamation suits filed by several DAP leaders against Kepala Batas MP Dr Siti Mastura Muhammad (pic) has been fixed for six days in September. George Town High Court judge Justice Datuk Quay Chew Soon fixed Sept 2, 3, 7, 18, 19 and 20 when the case came up for … Read more
SINGAPORE: A former cabin crew member is seeking more than S$1.7 million (US$1.26 million) in damages from Singapore Airlines after allegedly slipping on a grease patch and falling while on board one of the carrier’s planes. Mr Durairaj Santiran, 36, was working as a galley steward on board an A350 aircraft on a roughly 17-hour … Read more
The debate generated so much heat that Xu’s sentence was reduced to seven years with a fine of 300,000 yuan on appeal, and authorities eventually punished officials who were previously untouched in the scandal. The case was one of several in the past decade in which Chinese members of the public used the transparency in … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR: Lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah was ordered by the High Court here on Thursday (Dec 21) to pay over RM5.5mil in income tax arrears to the Inland Revenue Board (LHDN). Judicial Commissioner Roz Mawar Rozain issued the order after Senior Revenue Counsel Norhisham Ahmad informed the court of the final amount to … Read more
Delhi High Court has released the admit card of the Delhi Judicial Service Preliminary Examination 2023 on December 12. Candidates who will appear for the examination can download the admit card from the official website at delhihighcourt.nic.in. Candidates will be able to download their Judicial Service prelims admit card 2023 using their application number and … Read more
