India’s top court on Monday upheld a 2019 decision by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to strip disputed Jammu and Kashmir’s special status as a semi-autonomous region with a separate constitution and inherited protections on land and jobs. CBC | World News
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Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocks woman from getting emergency abortion
The Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocked a pregnant woman from obtaining an emergency abortion on Friday, shortly after the state’s attorney general requested the block. CBC | World News
Read More »Texas attorney general threatens doctors with prosecution after court rules woman can get emergency abortion
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday threatened to prosecute any doctors involved in providing an emergency abortion to a woman, hours after she won a court order allowing her to obtain one for medical necessity. CBC | World News
Read More »French juvenile court convicts 6 over roles in teacher’s beheading
A French juvenile court on Friday convicted six teenagers for their roles in the beheading of a teacher by an Islamist extremist that shocked the country. CBC | World News
Read More »After Russian Supreme Court labels LGBTQ movement ‘extremist’, Moscow police raid gay bars
Russian security forces raided gay clubs and bars across Moscow Friday night, less than 48 hours after the country’s top court banned what it called the “global LGBTQ+ movement” as an extremist organization. CBC | World News
Read More »Russian top court rules LGBT activists should be labelled ‘extremist’
Russia’s Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that LGBT activists should be designated as extremists, in a move that representatives of gay and transgender people fear will lead to arrests and prosecutions. CBC | World News
Read More »Guns N Roses frontman Axl Rose ‘heading to court for sexual assault of Penthouse model’
Axl Rose is reportedly being taken to court over claims he assaulted Sheila Kennedy at a party in 1989 in front of witnesses. Daily Express :: Cars Feed
Read More »Millions of people could be owed PPI compensation after landmark court ruling
Anyone who previously had a credit card could be owed money. Daily Express :: Finance Feed
Read More »British plan to send some migrants to Rwanda struck down by its top court
Britain’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the government’s contentious plan to send some migrants on a one-way trip to Rwanda is illegal, striking a major blow to a key policy of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government that has drawn international attention and criticism. CBC | World News
Read More »Syria ordered by World Court to halt torture and preserve evidence
Judges at the World Court on Thursday ordered Syria to take steps to prevent torture as part of emergency measures in a case against Damascus brought before the top United Natons tribunal by the Netherlands and Canada. CBC | World News
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