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Share Tweet Plus One Pin It Email Print By: Ashok K.M May 23, 2018 9:27 pm Change Font Size Civil remedies for reputational encroachment are more suited for redressing such reputational harm, the court said. The Supreme Court of Lesotho has declared country’s as criminal defamation laws unconstitutional observing that ‘crime of defamation has no place in its current constitutional dispensation’. Justice MA Mokhesi in his 37 paged Judgment observed that Section 101- 104 of the Pena Code, that deals with the crime of defamation are inconsistent with the Section 14 of the Constitution. Lesotho is a small country in Southern Africa. Just like Section 499 and 500 of the Indian Penal Code, Lesotho, in its penal code enacted in 2010, has sections 101-104, which deals with offence of defamation. Section 101, 102 and 103 deals with definitions of defamatory matter, publication and unlawful publication respectively. Section 104 defines the offence of … [Read more...] about Supreme Court Of Lesotho Holds Criminal Defamation Laws Unconstitutional [Read Judgment]
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Supreme Court Chief Justice Nominee Testifies Before Judiciary Committee
Justice Richard A. Robinson told legislators Monday that he would deal directly with racial discrimination in the courts if he becomes the next chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court.If approved by the state House of Representatives and Senate in the coming weeks, Robinson would become the first African American chief justice in the state’s history.“We live in a society where explicit racism is socially unacceptable,’’ Robinson said. “People make shortcuts. … We have to make sure that we aren’t imposing our biases at our jobs, judicial functions. Still, there’s some things that persist. We have to be on our guard for that.’’As the first questioner, Sen. Edwin Gomes, a Bridgeport Democrat, told Robinson, 60, that he would ask a tough question and “put you on the spot’’ about discrimination within the judicial branch. Gomes said that some in the judicial branch have been “using their hammers to … [Read more...] about Supreme Court Chief Justice Nominee Testifies Before Judiciary Committee
PHOTOS: Brazil Transfixed as Supreme Court Jails Presidential Frontrunner
Thousands of Brazilians took to the streets of the nation’s largest cities on Tuesday and Wednesday in anticipation of a Supreme Court decision that opened the door for the arrest of socialist presidential frontrunner Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva late Thursday morning. Brazilians congregated at the headquarters of Lula’s socialist Workers’ Party (PT) and on the streets of Brasilia, among other cities, dressed in red and holding images of their leader. On the right, conservatives and anti-corruption voters congregated wearing the national colors, green and yellow, and brandishing dolls known as pixulecos—figurines of Lula wearing a traditional prison uniform.Demonstrators against former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva hold a rally demanding his imprisonment, in Brasilia on April 04, 2018. EVARISTO SA/AFP/Getty Images A banner demanding imprisonment of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, condemned in second-instance on corruption … [Read more...] about PHOTOS: Brazil Transfixed as Supreme Court Jails Presidential Frontrunner
Former Supreme Court Judge, Justice Ratnavel Pandian Passes Away
Former Supreme Court Judge Justice S. Ratnavel Pandian passed away on Wednesday at Chennai. He was a Judge of the Supreme Court of India from 14th December, 1988 to 12th March 1994. In 2006 he was appointed as the Chairperson of National Commission for Backward Classes. His son Justice R. Subbiah is a sitting Judge of Madras High Court. As per the Supreme Court of India website,he was born on 13.2.1929 at Thiruppudaimarudhur Village in Tiruneleli School career at Theerthapathi High School, Ambasamudram, He was graduated from Saint Xavier’s College at Palayamkottai. He took Law Degree at Madras Law College in1954. He took his apprenticeship course under Shri K. Narayanswamy Mudaliar who subsequently became the Judge of the High Court of Madras. He was an Advocate for nearly 17 years having lucrative practice both in the trial and the appellate sides. In August 1971, he was appointed as State Public Prosecutor in the High Court of Madras which post he … [Read more...] about Former Supreme Court Judge, Justice Ratnavel Pandian Passes Away
Read 25 Important Judgment Of Supreme Court Of India Delivered In 2017
1. Right To Privacy Is A Fundamental RightSettling the decades long debate on the issue of the right to privacy being a fundamental right, the Supreme Court held that right to privacy is protected under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. In a unanimous decision, a nine -Judge Constitution Bench overruled the judgments in MP Sharma and Kharak Singh cases. The Petitions were disposed of in the following terms: The decision in M P Sharma that privacy is not a fundamental right stands overruled. The decision in Kharak Singh that privacy is not a fundamental right stands overruled. Right to privacy is protected as intrinsic part of right to life and liberty. All decisions subsequent to Kharak Singh makes the position clear and will hold the field. Read the Judgment Here 2.Triple Talaq UnconstitutionalIn a landmark decision, Supreme Court of India declared the practice of Triple Talaq as unconstitutional by a 3:2 … [Read more...] about Read 25 Important Judgment Of Supreme Court Of India Delivered In 2017