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Indian Judicial System Struggles With Only 22 Judges Per Million People
Indias judicial system faces serious challenges as the judge-to-population ratio isonly22judgespermillionpeople. This is much lower than what is needed for timely justice, according to the Ministry of LawandJustice.
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Court Ends Home Food Facility For Darshan's Partner Pavithra Gowda
The Karnataka High Court, on Tuesday, passed an order curtailing the home food facility granted by a lower court to Pavithra Gowda, the partner of jailed Kannada superstar Darshan, and other accused persons.
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South Korea's Yoon Faces Potential Death Penalty Over Martial Law Crisis
South Korea's special prosecutor is expected to make a sentencing request for former president Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of insurrection over his brief imposition of martial law in 2024, as a lower court trial convened on Friday for its final session.
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Delhi High Court Asks Centre Why GST On Air Purifiers Can't Be Lowered
The Delhi High Court on Friday asked the Centre why it cannot reduce the GST charged on air purifiers to make it affordable for the common man in view of the worsening air quality in the national capital and nearby areas.
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Unnao Rape Survivor Bristles With Anger As Kuldeep Sengar Could Walk Free
The Unnao 2017 rape case made headlines this week after the rapist, Kuldeep Singh Sengar then an MLA with the Bharatiya Janata Party had his life term suspended by the Delhi High Court and was given bail pending an appeal against the lower court.
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Musk Wins Appeal And Restores 2018 Tesla Pay Deal Worth $56 Billion
Elon Musk's 2018 pay package from Tesla, once worth $56 billion, was restored by the Delaware Supreme Court on Friday, two years after a lower court struck down the compensation deal as "unfathomable."
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Belgium Court Rejects Mehul Choksi's Appeal Against Extradition
The highest court of Belgium has rejected the appeal of fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi against India's extradition request, while endorsing a lower court's view that there are no grounds for his claims of flagrant denial of justice.
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Anupama Gulati Murder Case: Court Upholds Life Term Of Man For Killing Wife
The Uttarakhand High Court has upheld the life sentence awarded by the lower court in the Anupama Gulati murder case of Dehradun.
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On Need to Build Schools In Areas Without Any, Supreme Court's Big Order To Kerala
The government of Kerala has to establish lower and primary schools in areas that do not have any, the Supreme Court has said in a hearing about the need for a school in Manjeri, Malappuram district.
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Pendency, Promoting Mediation: Incoming Chief Justice On Top Priorities
Two days before he takes over as the Chief Justice of India, Justice Surya Kant has said the two main priorities for him in his 16-month tenure will be tackling pending cases in the judiciary and giving an impetus to mediation.
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Google Proposes Play Store Reforms in Settlement With Fortnite Maker Epic Games
In a joint filing in the federal court in San Francisco, Alphabet and Epic Games asked US District Judge James Donato to consider a proposal resolving Epic’s 2020 antitrust lawsuit, which accused Google of illegally monopolizing how users access apps and make in-app purchases on Android devices.
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Video: Pakistan Supreme Court Rattled By Cylinder Blast, 12 Injured
At least 12 people were injured after an explosion in the basement of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
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NGO Moves Bombay High Court Against Reduced Paper Quality In Balbharti Textbooks: Report
Balbharti has reduced the quality standards of paper used in Maharashtra school textbooks, lowering brightness, tensile strength, and durability.
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"Since Crackers Smuggled In...": Why Supreme Court Gave Big Go-Ahead
Firecrackers smuggled in from outside Delhi NCR during Diwali cause more damage than green crackers, the Supreme Court said today, while allowing the bursting of green crackers in Delhi between October 18 and 21.
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In Big Relief For Trump, US Supreme Court Allows To Freeze Billions In Foreign Aid
Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday temporarily kept in place the Trump administration's decision to freeze nearly $5 billion in foreign aid.
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Indian Judicial System Struggles With Only 22 Judges Per Million People
Indias judicial system faces serious challenges as the judge-to-population ratio isonly22judgespermillionpeople. This is much lower than what is needed for timely justice, according to the Ministry of LawandJustice.
-
Court Ends Home Food Facility For Darshan's Partner Pavithra Gowda
The Karnataka High Court, on Tuesday, passed an order curtailing the home food facility granted by a lower court to Pavithra Gowda, the partner of jailed Kannada superstar Darshan, and other accused persons.
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South Korea's Yoon Faces Potential Death Penalty Over Martial Law Crisis
South Korea's special prosecutor is expected to make a sentencing request for former president Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of insurrection over his brief imposition of martial law in 2024, as a lower court trial convened on Friday for its final session.
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Delhi High Court Asks Centre Why GST On Air Purifiers Can't Be Lowered
The Delhi High Court on Friday asked the Centre why it cannot reduce the GST charged on air purifiers to make it affordable for the common man in view of the worsening air quality in the national capital and nearby areas.
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Unnao Rape Survivor Bristles With Anger As Kuldeep Sengar Could Walk Free
The Unnao 2017 rape case made headlines this week after the rapist, Kuldeep Singh Sengar then an MLA with the Bharatiya Janata Party had his life term suspended by the Delhi High Court and was given bail pending an appeal against the lower court.
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Musk Wins Appeal And Restores 2018 Tesla Pay Deal Worth $56 Billion
Elon Musk's 2018 pay package from Tesla, once worth $56 billion, was restored by the Delaware Supreme Court on Friday, two years after a lower court struck down the compensation deal as "unfathomable."
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Belgium Court Rejects Mehul Choksi's Appeal Against Extradition
The highest court of Belgium has rejected the appeal of fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi against India's extradition request, while endorsing a lower court's view that there are no grounds for his claims of flagrant denial of justice.
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Anupama Gulati Murder Case: Court Upholds Life Term Of Man For Killing Wife
The Uttarakhand High Court has upheld the life sentence awarded by the lower court in the Anupama Gulati murder case of Dehradun.
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On Need to Build Schools In Areas Without Any, Supreme Court's Big Order To Kerala
The government of Kerala has to establish lower and primary schools in areas that do not have any, the Supreme Court has said in a hearing about the need for a school in Manjeri, Malappuram district.
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Pendency, Promoting Mediation: Incoming Chief Justice On Top Priorities
Two days before he takes over as the Chief Justice of India, Justice Surya Kant has said the two main priorities for him in his 16-month tenure will be tackling pending cases in the judiciary and giving an impetus to mediation.
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Google Proposes Play Store Reforms in Settlement With Fortnite Maker Epic Games
In a joint filing in the federal court in San Francisco, Alphabet and Epic Games asked US District Judge James Donato to consider a proposal resolving Epic’s 2020 antitrust lawsuit, which accused Google of illegally monopolizing how users access apps and make in-app purchases on Android devices.
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Video: Pakistan Supreme Court Rattled By Cylinder Blast, 12 Injured
At least 12 people were injured after an explosion in the basement of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
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NGO Moves Bombay High Court Against Reduced Paper Quality In Balbharti Textbooks: Report
Balbharti has reduced the quality standards of paper used in Maharashtra school textbooks, lowering brightness, tensile strength, and durability.
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"Since Crackers Smuggled In...": Why Supreme Court Gave Big Go-Ahead
Firecrackers smuggled in from outside Delhi NCR during Diwali cause more damage than green crackers, the Supreme Court said today, while allowing the bursting of green crackers in Delhi between October 18 and 21.
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In Big Relief For Trump, US Supreme Court Allows To Freeze Billions In Foreign Aid
Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday temporarily kept in place the Trump administration's decision to freeze nearly $5 billion in foreign aid.
