Superior Court in Milford, Conn. on Tuesday, October 19, 2021. Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut Media But after a lawyer representing Richard Dore, 65, told Judge H. Gordon Hall that his client was suffering from cancer that had spread to his lymph nodes and is currently receiving chemotherapy, the judge allowed Dore to post a … Read more
The moment Ruth Bader Ginsburg died, I knew Roe’s days were numbered. Sometime in 2019, a conservative friend texted me that Donald Trump was saving Amy Coney Barrett for when RBG dies. Sure enough, Trump tapped Coney Barrett shortly after trailblazing justice’s death, with Mitch McConnell steamrolling the nomination through the Senate just ahead of … Read more
The Supreme Court on Friday condemned the Nigerian government’s forcible repatriation of Nnamdi Kanu from Kenya. The court said the invasion of Mr Kanu’s home in Afara-Ukwu, near Umuahia, Abia State, the revocation of his bail and forcible repatriation from Kenya were unlawful. However, the court refused to accept the illegal actions of the government … Read more
New Delhi: Observing that many educated and well-placed women are indulging in illegal activities, including money laundering, the Supreme Court has said that the benefit of a benevolent provision for relaxation in granting bail to female accused should not be given in all cases, and it must depend on the extent of her involvement in … Read more
The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned for January 3, 2024, the plea of Trinamool Congress Party (TMC) leader Mahua Moitra against her expulsion from Lok Sabha in a cash-for-query case. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti deferred the hearing, saying it had not gone through the case files. “I got the file … Read more
NEW DELHI: Urging all the higher education institutions (HEIs) to step up anti-ragging measures, the University Grants Commission said that for extreme ragging and suicide cases, principal of the college and registrar of the university will be called and will be answerable to the National Anti-Ragging Monitoring Committee for the reasons of non-compliance of the … Read more
Supreme Court of India. (PTI Photo) New Delhi: Over five crore cases are pending in various courts of the country, including 80,000 in the Supreme Court, the Lok Sabha was informed on Friday. In a written reply, Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said as of December 1, out of the 5,08,85,856 pending cases, over 61 … Read more
The Supreme Court refused to stay Allahabad High Court’s December 14 order which allowed the primary survey of the Shahi Idgah complex adjacent to the Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi Temple in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura by a court-monitored three-member team of advocate commissioners. “Supreme Court has refused to stay the proceedings and the Supreme Court has fixed … Read more
The Supreme Court will, on Friday, deliver judgment on the appeal by the Nigerian government challenging an order for the release of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). IPOB is a group seeking to carve out a sovereign state of Biafra from South-east and some parts of South-south Nigeria. Mr Kanu, … Read more
By MARK SHERMAN | Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to take up a dispute over a medication used in the most common method of abortion in the United States, its first abortion case since it overturned Roe v. Wade last year. The justices will hear appeals from the Biden administration … Read more
