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NOVEMBER 14, 2023

It led to massive protests in mid-2022 that toppled the Rajapaksa government, but economic problems remain. While political leadership changed, challenges around governance, reforms, and resolving debt issues persist. While political leadership changed, challenges around governance, reforms, and resolving debt issues persist.

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JURIST

MARCH 4, 2025

A Nigerian government official on Sunday addressed the Supreme Court’s annulment of local elections, after months of silence, with the view that while he disagreed with the decision, he would respect the court’s ruling.The Supreme Court of Nigeria nullified the local government elections in the Rivers State on October 5, 2024.

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MAY 25, 2023

The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the government cannot keep the profits of properties sold to pay off tax debts. The court reached this decision in the case of Tyler v. wherein a local Minnesota government sold off a woman’s condo to satisfy her tax bill. Hennepin County, Minnesota, et al.

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JANUARY 7, 2025

had been previously imprisoned for 28 months in Turkey on charges of FG membership, which is considered a terrorist organization by the Turkish government. This included failing to inform her of the reasons for her arrest or allow her to have the legality of her detention reviewed by a court.

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JULY 31, 2024

A UK High Court ruled Monday that a ban on puberty blockers issued in May 2024 in the UK was lawful. ” The ban was issued on May 29, 2024, under the previous Conservative government and just over a month before the newly elected Labour government came into power. risks and no or very limited clear benefits.”

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Amnesty International Australia issued a statement on Tuesday denouncing the Australian federal government’s newly proposed bill reintroducing punitive measures targeting a group of people released from immigration detention emphasizing that it undermines the recent High Court decision and breaches Australia’s international obligations.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

The UK’s House of Commons passed a bill to declare Rwanda a safe country by 320 votes to 276, seeking to bypass the courts to implement the government’s plan to send some asylum seekers to pursue their claims in Rwanda. Conservative MPs who voted against the bill include Jenrick and former Home Secretary Suella Braverman.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

In determining whether the French state had failed in its obligations, the court ruled that the state could only be held responsible for part of the damages if it had not respected its commitments to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The Court ruled that all of his actions, including filing a complaint of alleged corruption, questioning the legitimacy of the Presidium of Azerbaijani Bar Association (ABA) , and his refusal to participate in-person in disciplinary proceedings due to his belief in their bias, constituted the exercise of his freedom of expression.

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JURIST

APRIL 22, 2022

In an 8-1 decision, the US Supreme Court Thursday ruled that Congress does not have to provide Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits to residents of Puerto Rico. The decision impacts the residents of Puerto Rico and other US territories who are applying for government benefits. ” The appeals court affirmed.

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OCTOBER 13, 2024

Munch criticized what he called “unilateral actions” from the government of Kosovo that attempt to reopen the Ibar bridge in Mitrovica, which connects the Serb-dominated north and the Albanian-dominated south. Ultimately, the Constitutional Court ruled the agreement unconstitutional, nullifying it.

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OCTOBER 13, 2023

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled by a 5-2 majority Friday that the federal government’s Impact Assessment Act (IAA) and its accompanying regulations are partially unconstitutional, as they empower the federal government to create environmental regulations that should have been within provincial jurisdictions.

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DECEMBER 6, 2023

“The Wealth Tax You May Already Owe; If the Supreme Court rules for the government in Moore v. The post “The Wealth Tax You May Already Owe; If the Supreme Court rules for the government in Moore v. all unrealized gains will be taxable under existing law” appeared first on How Appealing.

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APRIL 2, 2025

The Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea ordered a recall of parliament on April 8, 2025, to debate a motion of no confidence on Monday. The court decided that parliament’s rejection of an earlier motion of no-confidence against the prime minister was unconstitutional.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

US District Judge Stephen McGlynn ruled that PICA infringes on an individual’s Second Amendment rights, citing recent US Supreme Court interpretations of the Second Amendment. He stated: “The Government may not deprive law-abiding citizens of their guaranteed right to self-defense as a means of offense.”

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MAY 5, 2024

.” The charity said its legal action against the Rwanda plan aims to ensure the government does not overlook “evidence of individual risk in Rwanda cases,” and to prevent cases from being unlawfully blocked from being admitted into the asylum system. Three people have been charged with obstruction of the highway.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Motor vehicle owners were required to submit photographs of their odometer to the Victorian State Government each year. The post Australia High Court rules against electric vehicle tax appeared first on JURIST - News. cents, with plug-in hybrid electric vehicles being prescribed 2 cents. Non-plug-in Hybrid vehicles were exempt.

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JURIST

MAY 21, 2024

Liberty’s Director, Akiko Hart said of the ruling, “This judgment sends a clear message that accountability matters, and that those in power must make decisions that respect our rights.” The post UK high court rules 2023 regulations broadening police authority to intervene in protests unlawful appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

New York Supreme Court Justice Thomas Marcelle ruled Monday in the case Cuomo v. New York State Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government (NYSCOELIG) that NYSCOELIG violates the New York State Constitution due to its statutorily prescribed independence. But it is for the people to decide and only the people.

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JURIST

APRIL 16, 2021

The Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe, Germany, ruled Thursday that Berlin’s Rent Cap Act is unconstitutional as it has undermined Germany’s Basic Law. The rent cap was enacted in February 2020 as an attempt by the local government to stifle rent hikes and gentrification. It froze rental rates for 1.5

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APRIL 30, 2021

The court described the idea of climate change having severe impacts that affect virtually all aspects of human life. The case started in 2019 when farming families from the North Sea Island sued the government after a series of unexpected hot summers followed by rising sea levels plagued the Northern parts of Germany.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The US Department of Justice filed an appeal on Friday with the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit challenging a lower court ruling in July blocking new applications to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

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JURIST

JULY 8, 2024

A court in Quito, Ecuador ruled that the Machángara River, which runs through the city, possesses rights making the municipal government of Quito responsible for pollution that occurs, a local civic advocacy group reported on Friday. The municipality has filed an appeal with the Provincial Court.

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JURIST

JANUARY 24, 2024

Even in states that limit law enforcement’s ability to keep assets obtained through civil asset forfeiture, they may still be kept through the federal Equitable Sharing Program , which allows the federal government to share proceeds from civil asset forfeiture with local law enforcement.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The Ontario Court of Appeal (ONCA) ruled Monday that the governments of Canada and Ontario have broken a pair of 1850 treaties with the Anishinaabe peoples by capping the annual payment at a few dollars per year in exchange for a large area of the northern part of Ontario.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Tokyo’s High Court found the government of Japan not liable Tuesday for damages related to the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster and associated mass evacuations, leaving responsibility solely with plant operator the Tokyo Electric Power Co. There is also a 2022 court case that found TEPCO executives personally liable.

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JURIST

APRIL 12, 2024

The Supreme Court of Canada found Friday that the government acted dishonestly when it reneged on an 1877 treaty to an Alberta indigenous community and allowed for declaratory relief. The post Canada Supreme Court rules declaratory relief may be appropriate in First Nations treaty dispute appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

JUNE 21, 2024

The case concerns a Texas councilwoman who argues that she was arrested in retaliation for her speech critical of a city government official. However, there is an exception to this rule. Following this ruling, Gonzales can pursue her claim of retaliation against the county.

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JURIST

APRIL 30, 2024

The British government operated a “widespread, systematic, and systemic practice of impunity” that protected security forces from sanction during the conflict in Northern Ireland, according to a report released Monday by a panel of international human rights experts. The court has yet to decide on the matter.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 23, 2023

The Hong Kong High Court ruled against Jimmy Lai in his challenge against the court’s jurisdiction to hear the charge of conspiracy to sedition on Friday. The post Hong Kong court rules activist Jimmy Lai’s conspiracy charge within time limit appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

APRIL 28, 2022

But in Wednesday’s decision, the court described the practice as “discriminatory and harmful to the identity” of the child. Specifically the court said the tradition violated both the Italian Constitution as well as the European Convention on Human Rights.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 9, 2021

In this case, the high court had directed the private unaided and government schools in Delhi to supply free gadgets and equipment of optimal configuration, along with an internet package, to students from underprivileged and disadvantaged groups so that they can access online education.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court ruled Tuesday that multiple provisions of the country’s Federal Criminal Police Office Act (BKA Act) are unconstitutional because they infringe upon citizens’ privacy rights. It is responsible for the coordination of police investigations between federal and state governments.

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JURIST

AUGUST 19, 2021

The Indian Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that women can sit for the NDA (National Defence Academy) admission exam in a landmark interim order which will allow more women to serve in India’s armed forces.

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JURIST

JUNE 8, 2023

The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday in Dubin v. United States that in order to constitute aggravated identity theft, the use of a person’s identity must be at the “crux” of what makes the conduct criminal, reversing a lower court decision. The government also applied a sentence enhancement under 18 U.S.C.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2024

The US Supreme Court rejected Friday an RNC application to stay a recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision that grants voters who cast defective mail-in ballots an option to alternatively cast in-person provisional ballots.

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JURIST

JANUARY 22, 2023

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Aryeh Deri from his cabinet Sunday morning, complying with a recent Supreme Court decision demanding he do so. Anti-Government protests have been taking place since the new Netanyahu government was announced, especially in response to the judicial reforms this government is pursuing.

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