Indian law students are reporting for JURIST on law-related developments in and affecting India. This dispatch is from Soumyabrata Chakraborty, a second-year law student at Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat.  Last Thursday, March 2nd, the Supreme Court of India (SCI) pronounced its judgment in the case of Anoop Baranwal v. Union of India. The [...]

The High Court of Australia Tuesday began hearing submissions that a Facebook app tied to the Cambridge Analytica scandal contravened national privacy laws. The oral submissions will determine whether Facebook is liable for consumer data breaches in contravention of the Privacy Act 1998 (Cth). The Australian Information Commissioner commenced the action against Facebook in the [...]

Five Texas women and two Texas-based doctors Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging the state’s abortion ban for failing to provide adequate medical exceptions. In the complaint, the plaintiffs’ alleged, “As a direct result of Texas’s abortion bans, Texas is in the midst of a health care crisis.” The landmark lawsuit follows the US Supreme Court’s [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Tuesday filed a civil antitrust complaint to block JetBlue’s proposed $3.8 billion acquisition of Spirit Airlines. The DOJ’s complaint alleged that JetBlue’s acquisition will negatively impact millions of consumers. While Spirit is known for offering low airfare for its customers, the DOJ stated, “JetBlue plans to abandon Spirit’s business model, remove seats [...]

The UK government Tuesday unveiled its Illegal Migration Bill, which would require the deportation of anyone who illegally entered the UK and passed through a safe country. If passed, the home secretary will have the power to enforce the legislation. The bill comes under the scope of one of UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s “5 [...]

The EU Tuesday imposed sanctions against officials from six countries, including Afghanistan and Russia, due to their abuse of the rights of and violence against women. In implementing the sanctions, the Official Journal of the EU drew attention to the “serious human rights violations” committed by the newly sanctioned nine persons and three entities. As [...]

UN human rights experts Monday issued a statement expressing deep concern about the reported repression, killings, arrests and disappearances of demonstrators in Peru. Experts are also concerned about reports of violence against media personnel covering the protests. They are also worried about peaceful demonstrators being labeled as terrorists because of the potential stigma and conceivable [...]

Washington DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson Monday sent a letter to Vice President Kamala Harris–in her capacity as president of the US Senate–stating that he is withdrawing a bill that would change DC’s criminal laws. Mendelson discussed the letter during a press conference Monday. Mendelson said, “It’s clear that Congress is intending to override that [...]

The UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) Monday opened with an announcement from UN Secretary-General António Guterres that “ender equality is still over 300 years away, while progress on women’s rights is ‘vanishing.'” Despite the fact that Guterres called the Commission on the Status of Women is one of the most important events in [...]

The US Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear a Great Lakes Insurance SE v. Raiders Retreat Realty Co., LLC, which asks the court to determine whether a choice of law clause in a maritime contract can be deemed unenforceable due to “strong public policy.” While this case looks at choice of law in maritime contracts [...]