NEWS SCAN A three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Friday struck down several provisions of North Carolina’s House Bill 589 (HB 589) [text, PDF], most notably its voter identification requirements. In its decision to annul the voter ID provision of the statute, as well
NEWS SCAN Bombay High Court prevented occupants of Ambedkar Bhavan and their supporters from holding a shramdaan, or the exercise to restore the demolished structure. On the plea of the trustees, the HC asked the parties to maintain status quo or face action by the
NEWS SCAN Former president of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silvafiled a petition with theUN Human Rights Committee , claiming his corruption investigation has been riddled with impartiality and abuse of power by the judge. The petition, signed by da Silva’s lawyers and British human rights lawyer Georffrey
NEWS SCAN No respite for Bollywood actor Rajpal Yadav after the Supreme Court directed him to surrender to serve the remaining six out of 10 days of the jail term, awarded by a court here, on contempt charge for filing an affidavit to mislead the
NEWS SCAN The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to file a status report detailing “ground realities” prevailing in Jammu and Kashmir after the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Burhan Wani in the Valley by security agencies.A bench headed by Chief Justice TS Thakur, however,
NEWS SCAN The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit refused to dismiss bribery and fraud charges levied against US Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey. Menendez, who is believed to have accepted gifts in exchange for political influence, claims his meetings with government officials were
NEWS SCAN A Brazilian man has been arrested on terrorism charges just over a week from the Olympics after he posted comments online about the ISIS, his lawyer said Thursday.Chaer Kaloun, 28, a Brazilian of Lebanese descent, was “taken overnight to Ary Franco prison in
NEWS SCAN The Supreme Court sought a clarification from a two-judge bench on Thursday, which had found 634 medical students guilty of adopting unfair means in their entrance tests but had differed on quantum of sentence, as to whether it can hear the entire matter
NEWS SCAN A person cannot be prosecuted for defamation for calling a government corrupt or unfit, the Supreme Court said on Thursday, pulling up the Jayalalithaa government for filing several such cases against political opponents in Tamil Nadu.A bench comprising justice Dipak Misra and justice
At the very outset, let me come straight to the heart of the matter and begin by what has caught the eyes of the entire nation. In a landmark judgment delivered on April 20, the Supreme Court has ruled that a man is legally entitled