The Supreme Court of India on Thursday upheld the constitutional validity of a law imposing restrictions on the licensing and functioning of dance bars in the state of Maharashtra and its capital Mumbai. At the same, it struck down certain provisions of the law that it deemed unconstitutional and unreasonable. Dance bars have been at [...]
The mother of a British Islamic State (IS) member suspected of murdering hostages in Syria lost her challenge on Friday that it was illegal for the UK to assist on a US investigation which could lead to her son facing the death penalty. Her son, El Shafee Elsheikh, is one of two UK citizens being [...]
The Russian Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that the restriction of foreign ownership of media is legal. The court upheld a law restricting foreign ownership of media to twenty percent. The case came to the court “after arbitration courts declared a dual Russian-Dutch citizen’s 49-percent stake in a radio station illegal.” The court stated that the reason [...]
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday asked the court not to release former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo and political leader Charles Ble Goude pending appeal of their acquittal earlier this week. Gbagbo was charged with four counts of crimes against humanity alleging a plan to attack supporters of current President Allasane Ouattara [...]
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro signed an executive order Tuesday making it easier for people in Brazil to buy guns. The order removes the requirement that persons seeking to purchase a gun must declare why they need the gun. It also loosens restrictions around owning guns. A person may now own up to four guns—up from the [...]
The UK House of Commons on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s plan to withdraw the country from the EU. The plan was defeated by a margin of 230 votes, with 432 Members of Parliament voting no and only 202 voting in the affirmative, marking the largest defeat for a sitting government proposal in [...]
The Mannheim District Court in Germany dismissed a patent lawsuit from Qualcomm against Apple on Tuesday. Qualcomm filed the suit against Apple due to the use of Qualcomm chips in Apple’s smartphones. The court determined that Qualcomm’s lawsuit against Apple was groundless. The lawsuit was determined based on the language of the patent which the court determined [...]
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday acquitted former Ivorian leader Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé of charges for alleged crimes against humanity during 2010 and 2011 in the Ivory Coast, saying the prosecutor failed to proffer sufficient evidence of the charged acts. The decision brings Gbagbo’s nearly eight-year detention to an end. Specifically, the prosecution failed to [...]
Nigerian Chief Justice Walter Nkanu Onnoghen was set to stand trial Monday on six charges of allegedly failing to declare assets and holding foreign bank accounts. While Onnoghen was not present at the trial, his team of 94 lawyers were present to defend him on these claims. In addition, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) released [...]
A Chinese court on Monday retried Canadian defendant Robert Lloyd Schellenberg for smuggling drugs and sentenced him to death. In November the Dalian Intermediate People’s Court sentenced Schellenberg to 15 years in prison for smuggling drugs and confiscated personal property of RMB 150,000 for deportation. On Schellenberg’s appeal, the Liaoning Provincial Higher People’s Court held that [...]
