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Supreme Court Delivers Landmark Ruling on Divorce in Foreign Courts
Region: IndiaDelivering a landmark ruling covering a grey area which remained untouched so long, the apex court on Friday, the 13th November said that any marriage dissolved by a foreign court will be equally valid in India. It is... more
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Pakistan supreme court declares 3rd November 2007 emergency unconstitutional
Region: Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan: The Highest court in Pakistan declared the 3rd November 2007 emergency unconstitutional, imposed by the former Pakistani military dictator Pervaiz Musharraf. The Supreme Court of Pakista... more
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Speedy Justice
Region: Pakistan‘Year 2009 is year of justice for all,’ Chief Justice Supreme Court of Pakistan Mr. Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary had said in a meeting of National Judicial Policy Making Committee presided over by him, in Islama... more
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Supreme Court fast-tracks key Gujarat riot cases
Region: IndiaThe communal violence in Gujarat, survivors have fresh hopes of getting justice as the Supreme Court Friday ordered the state to set up special fast-track courts to try 10 key cases and provide protection to witnesses. It,... more
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Twitter Reacts to Iowa Supreme Court Decision on Gay Marriage in Varnum V. Brien
Region: United States
As the Iowa Supreme Court struck down a ban on same-sex marriage in the highly-politicized Varnum v. Brien case brought by Lambda Legal, the Twittersphere erupted in reaction. Using the Twitter hashtag #iagaymarriage to c... more
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Governor Raj in Punjab
Region: PakistanPunjab Chief Minister Mian Shebaz Sharif and his brother Mian Nawaz Sharif are declared disqualified on Wednesday by Supreme of Pakistan for holding any public office, President Asif Ali Zardari has imposed governor rule i... more
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Supreme Court Orders Stern Action Against Ragging In Institutions
Region: IndiaActing on the recommendations of R.K.Raghavan Committee, the Supreme Court (SC) today (11th Feb’09) empowered professional bodies and colleges to suspend students involved in ragging- without immediate probe in appro... more
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Supreme Court Declares Bandhs and Strikes Legitimate in Democracy
Region: IndiaIn a stunning reversal of position, a division bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) K.G.Balakrishnan termed Bandhs as legitimate means of expressing people’s feelings, in a democracy. The stark change of stan... more
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Supreme Court Orders IIT Delhi to Readmit Expelled SC Students
Region: IndiaAs reported earlier on 18th June’08 by this reporter, the Delhi IIT expelled 12 Scheduled Caste students (SC) on the ground of poor performance while the expelled SC students complained of caste based disc... more
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Supreme Court Rules: Husbands to Reimburse Medical Expenses
Region: IndiaClose on the heels of the earlier Supreme Court (SC) ruling that the husbands would have to give estranged wives a house at par with the house in which the husband lived (at the time of dissolution of marriage or wife leav... more
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