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ECI not to conduct bypolls to five constituencies in Tamil Nadu until disposal of election petitions, Madras High Court told

Tamil Nadu Chief Electoral Officer Archana Patnaik says there is a legal bar on conducting bypolls to the Tiruchi East, Perundurai, Ambasamudram, Viralimalai, and Karur Assembly constituencies

Supreme Court agrees to early hearing of journalist Abhishek Upadhyay’s plea against FIR

The plea by journalist Abhishek Upadhyay claimed that the FIR was based on concocted allegations against him and was an attempt to harass him for his independent journalistic works

Supreme Court allows some Trump vote-by-mail limits ahead of midterm election

The unsigned order lifted an injunction covering 23 states and Washington, D.C.; the court’s three liberal justices dissented.

Zambia courts sealed off as election petition deadline looms

Preparations for President Hakainde Hichilema's second inauguration appear to be continuing.

Court hears of 'repercussions' for school boys over alleged sexual assault

Madras High Court dismisses petitions for CBI investigation into fraudulent registration of Palani Math land

The Madurai Bench takes note of the CB-CID’s status report on the progress of the investigation and allows the agency to proceed further. Former Palani MLA K.S.N. Venugopalu Senapathi of the AIADMK, chairperson of Palani Municipality R. Uma Maheshwari Pradeep, and Annapoorani Siv

Transgender person moves Kerala High Court against denial of entry to Sabarimala

Petitioner contends that there are no valid statutory provisions, executive orders, or notified rules that authorise such exclusion, nor any informal restrictions enforced by the police or temple authorities on the entry of transgender persons

Karnataka High Court stays investigation against Bidadi farmers who protested with brooms opposing survey

Forest Dept. recovers 110 acres in Sirsi taluk after High Court order

The vacant forest land was an expired lease area following the dismissal of a petition challenging the recovery proceedings in the High Court

Tamil Nadu seeks ‘proportionate’ Cauvery water, Supreme Court advises State to take it up with CWMA

The shortfall of water as per the pro rata formula was 17.414 TMC (thousand million cubic feet) as of August 23, TN tells the court

Court moved over insult to woman officer, Hindalga Jail

Assistant Superintendent of the jail Mallikarjun Konnur has filed a private complaint with the second JMFC court

DMK chief Stalin moves High Court challenging TVK candidate V.S. Babu’s victory in Kolathur

He also sought a direction to the authorities to conduct 100% counting of VVPAT slips relating to Kolathur Assembly constituency and the checking and verification of all 286 machines deployed in Kolathur constituency.

Guests joked Alan Jones and alleged victim looked ‘like a great couple’ at luncheon, court hears

Radio host’s indecent assault and sexual touching trial enters fourth week, with shock jock Jason Morrison telling court complainant C appeared ‘stuck’ beside Jones Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast

Supreme Court declares right to walk on footpath a fundamental right, wants law

Apex court says walking powered the freedom struggle, politics and social reforms, but is yet to be recognised as a fundamental right; asks government to frame a law to protect pedestrians

Meta is the latest tech giant to land in her courtroom. Meet Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers

Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers has presided over a series of landmark tech trials and is now overseeing a case that could have a huge impact on Meta's future.

TMC MP Mahua Moitra moves Supreme Court alleging eviction from Nadia Circuit House in Bengal

The lawyer sought an urgent hearing of Ms. Moitra’s writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution to protect her fundamental rights against State action; the court said it would look into her plea for early listing

Former Phoenix officers admit involvement in violent traffic stop, court docs say - AZ Family

Former Phoenix officers admit involvement in violent traffic stop, court docs say AZ Family 2 Phoenix police officers face felony charges after alleged unreported traffic stop ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos 2 Phoenix police officers fired, arrested after violent

Alpha Metallurgical Resources Director Courtis Buys $2.9 Million Shares. What Does This Mean for Investors?

Liberal plan to split Victorian appeals court attacked as ‘thought bubble’ that would politicise judiciary

Opposition leader Jess Wilson says new dedicated court of criminal appeal would set precedents for tougher sentences Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A radical overhaul of Victoria’s highest court, proposed by the Liberal party to increase sentences, h

Madras High Court dismisses A. Raja’s plea to direct CBI to furnish documents in assets case

Justice G.K. Ilanthiraiyan refuses to direct the investigating agency to bring certain documents on record before the special court for MP/MLA cases

US Postal Service shares mail-in ballot restrictions despite court ruling - Al Jazeera

US Postal Service shares mail-in ballot restrictions despite court ruling Al Jazeera Postal Service Publishes Finalized Plan to Restrict Mail Ballots The New York Times US Postal Service issues rule to tighten requirements for mail-in voting despite courts looking to block The Hi

Government cannot force private landowners to execute sale deeds for acquisition of land: Allahabad High Court

With this, the court directed the authorities not to harass the petitioners or forcibly obtain their consent for executing sale deeds. It also made it clear that voluntary sale and compulsory acquisition are two distinct legal processes.

Zambia shuts down court system

In tonight's programme, rights groups and the law association demand an explanation as Zambia completely shuts down its court system. Also in Guinea, rescuers are still trying to unearth victims of a deadly landfill collapse. Nigeria wishes Ogogo on his way, the veteran star of t

Seven basketball courts that score design points

From outdoor courts that act as flood-water-draining bioswales to an indoor court under a concrete dome in Chile, here are seven basketball courts that integrate good design to expand their presence beyond the game. Whether public or private, basketball courts present plenty of o

Crypto advocacy groups oppose Illinois digital asset tax in court

Following a similar lawsuit filed by the Digital Chamber in July, two digital asset advocacy groups challenged Illinois’ 0.2% crypto tax on constitutional and due process grounds.

Court turns down Trump’s request to reconsider its refusal to hear Carroll suit against him

The Supreme Court on Monday morning turned down President Donald Trump’s request to reconsider the justices’ denial of review in a civil suit brought by journalist E. Jean Carroll, which yielded a $5 million verdict against the president. The announcement came as part of the seco

Texas families ask Supreme Court to take up challenge to Ten Commandments in schools

Lawyers for a group of Texas families with children in the state’s public schools came to the Supreme Court on Monday, asking the justices to weigh in on the constitutionality of a 2025 law that requires each classroom in that state to display a copy of the Ten Commandments. Aski

Supreme Court urged to leave in place order blocking construction of White House ballroom

Lawyers for the National Trust for Historic Preservation urged the Supreme Court on Tuesday afternoon to leave in place a ruling by a federal court in Washington, D.C., that would temporarily block construction of a new White House ballroom. Tad Heuer, counsel of record for the N

The scope of the Supreme Court’s emergency docket

On Aug. 12, an unusual emergency docket application captured court watchers’ attention. It centered on a dog named Bruce who was scheduled to die. Bruce, a 3-year-old Great Pyrenees/German Shepherd mix who weighed about 120 pounds , was involved in four violent incidents over the

Florida Republicans bring Census Bureau challenge to the Supreme Court

A group of Florida Republicans has appealed a ruling by a federal court in that state throwing out a lawsuit seeking to require the U.S. Census Bureau to revise its data for the 2020 census. Arguing that the statistical methods the Census Bureau used in the 2020 census led to ina

Trump asks Supreme Court to hear his defamation case against CNN

President Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to weigh in on his defamation case against cable news giant CNN. In a filing submitted on Aug. 14 but docketed on Thursday, Trump told the justices that “CNN falsely and maliciously portrayed” him “as a knowing liar who fabricate

Supreme Court allows White House ballroom construction to continue for now

The Supreme Court on Friday afternoon allowed construction on a new 90,000-square-foot White House ballroom to continue – at least for now. Senior U.S. District Judge Richard Leon had issued an order, slated to go into effect at the end of the day, that would have stopped above-g

The court’s clearly established problem

If a person is convicted of a crime in state court, they can petition a federal court for relief by claiming that their conviction violates the federal constitution. However, the federal court does not get to consider that claim afresh. Rather, the Antiterrorism and Effective Dea

Supreme Court allows Trump administration to move forward with order imposing restrictions on mail-in voting

The Supreme Court on Monday afternoon cleared the way for the Trump administration to begin implementing an executive order , signed by President Donald Trump earlier this year, that imposes restrictions on mail-in voting. The court paused an injunction by a federal judge in Bost

Supreme Court allows Trump's ballroom construction to proceed for now

The Supreme Court ruled Friday that President Trump's sprawling ballroom project can proceed for now, despite a lower court's ruling that halted the administration's plans. Why it matters: The decision is a major win for the administration, which has argued that demolishing the W

Supreme Court upholds Trump's order to overhaul mail-in ballots

President Trump can implement an executive order restricting mail-in ballots just months before the midterm elections, the Supreme Court said Monday . Why it matters: It's a win for the president, who has opposed mail-in voting for years, but the legal battle is far from over, an

US Supreme Court allows Trump’s mail voting restrictions to proceed

Mail balloting has long been a favourite target of US President Donald Trump.

International Criminal Court: New US sanctions ‘a flagrant attack’ against its independence

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday responded to a new round of US sanctions targeting its president and a senior prosecutor, calling them “a flagrant attack” against the court.

Supreme Court rules blue states sued too early over Trump’s mail voting order

The Supreme Court lifted a judge’s block on President Trump’s executive order adding to mail voting requirements, removing a key roadblock that prevented the policy from going into effect for the midterms. Over the public dissents of the three liberal justices, the high court sai

Jackson calls Supreme Court’s mail-in voting ruling a ‘Kafkaesque nightmare’

Ketanji Brown Jackson, the Supreme Court’s junior liberal justice, excoriated her colleagues for lifting a block on President Trump’s mail-in voting executive order on Monday, saying it “needlessly injects chaos” into this year’s elections. “It also lets another shoe drop in the

The grieving family who says the coroner's courts aren't working

One man's death highlights the growing strains on the UK's coroner's courts

Trump Devises New $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee After Court Defeat - Bloomberg.com

Trump Devises New $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee After Court Defeat Bloomberg.com Government Proposes New Six-Figure Fee for H1-B Visas WSJ Trump Officials Propose Charging More Than $100,000 for Skilled Worker Visas The New York Times New $103,000 H-1B Fee Planned for Visa Workers Alrea

Supreme Court gives Trump an interim win on his mail voting order, but hurdles loom - NPR

Supreme Court gives Trump an interim win on his mail voting order, but hurdles loom NPR Supreme Court backs Trump’s order to curb mail ballots CNN Supreme Court allows portions of President Trump's mail voting executive order to move forward CBS News Supreme Court Allows Trump to

Supreme Court clears the way for Trump mail voting order ahead of midterms

The U.S. Postal Service laid out how it would implement the order last week, but time is running short to impose major changes with some states beginning to send mail ballots to voters in just a few weeks.

Supreme Court gives Trump an interim win on his mail voting order, but hurdles loom

The Supreme Court paused a lower court's ruling that blocked key parts of Trump's order to limit voting by mail for the midterms. But U.S. Postal Service work on the order remains blocked nationwide.

Trump devises new $100,000 H-1B visa fee after defeat in court

Now his administration is trying again through a regulatory process that proposes a broader levy to help finance its wide-ranging immigration crackdown.

Uproar after Allahabad High Court refer Divisional Commissioner's conduct for criminal contempt

in a letter to the District Judge, said she received repeated calls while on leave on July 15, 2026 from a number linked to the Commissioner’s office.

Telangana High Court lifts stay on one of eight G.O.s related to Kalyana Lakshmi, Shadi Mubarak

Supreme Court asks Centre to respond to plea to reduce percentile for NEET-SS in-service candidates

A Bench headed by Justice P.S. Narasimha heard senior advocate P. Wilson, for the Tamil Nadu Medical Officers Association, on an application seeking the Centre to return 100% of the unfilled in-service seats to the State

Why police have been told to pause their use of AI in court cases

AI could speed up some police work, but trusting it with evidence raises difficult questions about accuracy, accountability and justice.

Onchain, in court: What happened in crypto legal news this week

The CFTC ordered a trading ban for former Alameda and FTX executives, and US prosecutors opposed a motion from a US soldier accused of profiting from the removal of Nicolas Maduro.

Teen 'infatuated' with girl carried out shopping centre murder, court told

Slayyyter Nails Hole Cover, To Courtney Love’s Delight

Courtney Love is now employed by Slayyyter. Well, only metaphorically. For Triple J's Like A Version, the Midwestern pop artist covered "Violet" from Hole's 1994 opus Live Through This . Love responded on social media with praise: The post Slayyyter Nails Hole Cover, To Courtney

Kerala High Court directs State to consider renaming ‘Mental Health Centres’, citing concerns of stigma

Division Bench notes that when other hospitals are not termed 'Centres of Physical Health’, there is no reason for these centres to be tagged as ‘Mental Health Centres’, with the disrepute of catering to a particular kind of disorder or illness.

Supreme Court bans construction within 100 m of Jojari river in Rajasthan

The Court said that the entire industrial area in Pali was located along the riverbank; authorities would have to consider relocating industries in the long run, it stated

Proper environmental clearances cannot be given a go-by, says High Court CJ in Vizag data centre case

Bench seeks State’s response on alleged irregularities in land transfer and permissions for Google-owned data centre; Advocate-General asked to clarify government’s position

The Hindu Impact: Juvenile Justice Committee of A.P. High Court seeks report on sexual abuse of minor girls in Krishna district

The Committee instructs concerned officers to provide information regarding the registered case, the condition of the victims, the status of the investigation, and the details of the arrests

Trump brings ballroom dispute to the Supreme Court

Updated on Aug. 14 at 2:01 p.m. The Trump administration came to the Supreme Court on Friday, asking the justices to allow construction of the new White House ballroom to continue while a challenge to the project continues in the lower courts. The request came one week after a fe

Understanding the court’s next major case on asylum seekers: Wassily v. Blanche

This coming term, in Wassily v. Blanche , the Supreme Court will decide whether asylum beneficiaries are barred from obtaining lawful permanent residency if their asylum status has been terminated. Wassily is of considerable significance. While the termination of asylum status on

Ready to drop FIRs against student protesters, says Supreme Court

Top court agrees to invoke Article 142 to quash proceedings against students over NEET protests; it announces panel to examine protest issues; police yet to disclose list of FIRs, say petitioners

Court hears public at risk from bus driver for months before deadly crash

Former Supreme Court judge flags ‘silence’ of journalists over media laws

Former Supreme Court judge B. Sudarshan Reddy called upon journalists to mount a collective fight to protect their rights by seeking wider support from society

Rajasthan High Court questions police as probe into attack on Dalit family changes hands six times

High Court seeks affidavits from investigating officers and supervisory committee over delay in probe into alleged land encroachment and attack on Dalit family

How reforming the Supreme Court could backfire on Democrats

reforms limiting the court’s ability to decide constitutional questions might empower the president far more than Congress, particularly if the president insists his ability to interpret the Constitution is just as authoritative as that of Congress or the court.

Coalition wants to split Court of Appeal to focus on tougher sentences

DOJ maneuver on unconfirmed US attorneys inches closer to Supreme Court

A legal maneuver repeatedly used by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to install acting U.S. attorneys without Senate approval may be inching closer to the Supreme Court. Two appeals court panels ruled last week the DOJ cannot sidestep the confirmation process by changing someone’s

US Postal Service issues rule to tighten requirements for mail-in voting despite courts looking to block

The United States Postal Service (USPS) announced Friday new eligibility guidelines for mail-in ballots, complying with President Trump’s March executive order restricting the practice — despite a federal court later striking it down. USPS’s 95-page unpublished report, slated for

Supreme Court allows Trump's ballroom construction to continue for now

The ruling comes after months of back-and-forth between the Trump administration and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Supreme Court chief justice allows work on Trump's $400M White House ballroom to continue for now

The temporary order comes hours before lower-court rulings would have forced a halt to aboveground construction.

Supreme Court panel pulls up Assam Government for inaction on mining near Kaziranga

The rhino habitat has been in focus after Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced a plan to reduce its Eco-Sensitive Zone from the default 10 km

Supreme Court allows Trump to continue White House ballroom construction for now

President Donald Trump had the White House's East Wing demolished in 2025 to make way for his controversial planned ballroom.

Florida seeks court ruling to officially classify Sam Altman and ChatGPT as a 'public nuisance' — OpenAI fights to keep lawsuit away from a state jury

Florida's lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman has now been sitting before U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon in Fort Pierce for seven weeks without a ruling on whether it belongs there. The state filed its 83-page, ten-count complaint in Highlands County circuit court on June 1,

US Postal Service shares mail-in ballot restrictions despite court ruling

US President Donald Trump has called for restrictions on mail-in voting as part of bid to exert control over elections.

The chief justice should share much of his power

This is the fourth piece in a series on what I believe the court can, and should, do better. *** Under longstanding tradition, the chief justice presides over oral argument and the justices’ private conferences. I propose a change. The chief justice should delegate these presidin

Jim Cramer says don't sell Meta on litigation risk — the stock is worth the wait

Meta's court battles are an overhang on the stock, but its business fundamentals make it one worth holding.

Hanson-Young says men should ‘call out’ boys’ club culture – as it happened

This blog is now closed Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Alan Jones trial enters its fourth week The Alan Jones trial enters its fourth week today, with a series of witnesses expected to give evidence at Sydney’s Downing Centre local court before Judge

Former NBA player Enes Kanter ejected after confrontation with WNBA’s Cloud

Kanter was ejected from the Indiana-Chicago WNBA game after he was confronted by Sky guard Natasha Cloud on court.

Enes Kanter Freedom ejected from WNBA game after confrontation with player

Former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom was ejected Sunday from a WNBA game between the Indiana Fever and Chicago Sky after a verbal altercation with Chicago’s Natasha Cloud. Late in the third quarter, Cloud approached Freedom, who was sitting courtside and wearing a shirt that rea

Keralam govt. suspends Dy.SP for ‘lapses in arrest’ of accused in Nithin Raj death case

Suspension of Sudheer Kallan in the wake of criticism by the High Court last week against the Home department for failure to suspend the officer

Vande Mataram and the right to dissent

The 2026 amendment protects Vande Mataram from being stopped or disrupted, but does not make singing it compulsory or prescribe all six stanzas; the Supreme Court’s Bijoe Emmanuel judgment protects an individual’s right to remain silent when participation conflicts with freedom o