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SL CoA | Person claiming prescriptive title against rightful owner has a heavy burden to prove all requirements prescribed in S. 3 of Prescription Ordinance

Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka: The Bench of Mahinda Samayawardhena, J. dismissed the appeal of the plaintiff seeking a declaration of

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SCOTUS | “Secret sales” can invalidate a patent; petitioner denied patent rights over an invention which was available to public use prior to patent

Supreme Court of the United States: In order to craft a federal patent system that encourages the creation and disclosure of new

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SL CoA | Correctness of HS Code for ‘thalsukiri’ (palm sugar) yet to be decided; order based on incorrect HS Code quashed

Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka: This appeal was filed before a Bench of Mahinda Samayawardhena, J., to quash an order where

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Pak SC | Writ against Pakistan Olympic Association and its officials not maintainable as the Association does not perform ‘public functions’

Supreme Court of Pakistan: The three-judge Bench of Mian Saqib Nisar, Ijaz Ul Ahsan and Sajjad Ali Shah, JJ. hearing a civil

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SL CoA | Burden of proof with claimant to show lawful possession for proving prescriptive title to land

Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka: This appeal was filed before a Bench of Mahinda Samayawardhena, J., for ejectment of defendants from

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Namibia SC | Extending liability to State for mala fide conduct of judicial officer may create far worse mischief than not extending it

Supreme Court of Namibia: The Three-Judge Bench of Shivute, CJ., Frank, AJ and Damaseb, DCJ. (dissenting), stated that making the State liable

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Pak SC | Adjudication by jirgas/ panchayats posing as courts in tribal areas declared illegal; Reliance placed on SC of India’s rulings on khap panchayats

“When in the name of preservation of tradition these jirgas/panchayats assume the powers of a pillar of the State, i.e. the judiciary,

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Mau IC | SC can direct Presiding Magistrate to designate another magistrate to hear evidence on appropriate sentence

Mauritius Intermediate Court: The Bench of B.R. Jannoo- Jaunbocus, set aside the motion of the defendant in relation to the protection of

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Pak SC | OUP (Pakistan) entitled to tax exemption under Cl. 86 of Income Tax Ordinance; holds judgment by SC of India in OUP India case wrong

Supreme Court of Pakistan: The Three-Judge Bench of Umar Ata Bandial, Munib Akhtar and Yahya Afridi, JJ. set aside the judgment of

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UK SC | Personal liberty cannot be impinged by Community Treatment Order

Supreme Court of United Kingdom: A five-Judge bench comprising Lady Hale, Lord Kerr, Lord Wilson, Lord Black, Lord Lloyd Jones, JJ. disposed

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SCOTUS | Court cannot override the arbitrability clause in a contract

Supreme Court of the United States: The appeal lies before the Bench of Kavanaugh, J. The facts of the case were such

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Pak SC | Overpopulation a ‘ticking bomb’ diffusion of which calls for responsible parenthood behaviors by promoting 2 child policy

Supreme Court of Pakistan: The Bench of HCJ Mian Saqib Nisar and Faisal Arab and Ijaz Ul Ahsan, JJ. stated that population

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SCOTUS | Burglary in mobile structures for overnight accommodation included in ‘burglary’ under Armed Career Criminal Act

Supreme Court of the United States: This appeal was filed before the Bench of Breyer, J. The case involved two defendants who

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Singapore HC | Welfare of child to be considered before public policy; Court allows adoption by same-sex couple

Singapore High Court (Family Division): A Three-Judge Bench comprising of Sundaresh Menon, CJ., Judith Prakash, JA., and Debbie Ong, J., allowed an

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Pak SC | Reconstitution of Bench by CJ ousting brother Judge in open court unwarranted and unprecedented

“Any effort to muffle disagreement or to silence dissent or to dampen an alternative viewpoint of a member on the Bench, would

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SL CA | No appeal preferred against an action wrongly decided renders the matter with same cause of action as res judicata

Sri Lanka Court of Appeal: This appeal was filed before a 2-Judge Bench comprising of A.H.M.D. Nawaz and E.A.G.R. Amarasekara, JJ. Facts

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Eswatini HC | Long period of imprisonment not in interest of justice, youthfulness of accused considered while sentencing

Eswatini High Court: This matter was brought before a Bench of M. Langwenya, J. for judgment on sentence. Facts of the case

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Pakistan anti-corruption court sentences former PM Nawaz Sharif to seven years rigorous imprisonment for owning disproportionate assets

Judge Accountability Court- II, Islamabad: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Muhammad Arshad Malik, J. sentenced former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif

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SA HC | Officers of court not to allow personal interest to conflict client’s interest

High Court of South Africa, Eastern Cape Division: This application was filed before a Single Judge Bench of M Makaula, J., for

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Mandatory for Court to give death penalty on commission of offence of aggravated robbery

Supreme Court of Zambia: This appeal was filed before a 3-Judge Bench comprising of Hamaundu, Kajimanga and Chinyama, JJS., where trial court