APC, Sylva seek disbandment of Bayelsa gov. election tribunal

The All Progressives Congress (APC) and Timipre Sylva, the party’s governorship candidate in the 11 November 2023 governorship election in Bayelsa State, on Monday, seek the disbandment of the state’s election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja over alleged bias. The APC and Sylva alleged that the tribunal, headed by Adekunle Adeleye, was bias in the … Read more

Cineplex has made nearly $40M from online ticket fees at heart of drip-pricing lawsuit

Cineplex Inc. has made almost $40 million from online booking fees, which are central to a competition bureau lawsuit against the Canadian cinema chain. An agreed statement of facts filed in the case before the Competition Tribunal shows Canada’s largest theatre owner made more than $11.6 million in the six months after the fees were … Read more

Congress: Cong Questions I-T taking away Rs 65 crore from its bank accounts when tribunal hears case

Congress has objected to the Income-Tax department enforcing its lien and recovering over ₹65 crore from the party’s bank accounts against a total outstanding claim of ₹115 crore. The party leadership asked how the I-T department could enforce the lien on Tuesday, when the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) was set to hear its petition … Read more

Canadian writer Mark Steyn ordered to pay climate scientist $1M US after defamation trial

A jury on Thursday awarded $1 million US to climate scientist Michael Mann, who sued a pair of conservative writers 12 years ago after they compared his depictions of global warming to a convicted child molester. Mann, a professor of climate science at the University of Pennsylvania, rose to fame for a graph first published … Read more