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Horse race is a ‘game’ for the purposes of offence of cheating at play, discussed

Supreme Court of Canada: While deliberating upon the question that whether horse racing can be considered a ‘game’ as defined under Section

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Enterprise is subject to merger control if the capacity to perform the activities as part of the same business subsists, observed

Supreme Court of United Kingdom– Allowing the appeal by the Competition and Markets Authority wherein the issue was whether Groupe Eurotunnel SE

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Failure to wear a seatbelt constitutes contributory negligence

High Court of Australia: In the instant case, the respondent sustained serious spinal injuries which rendered her paraplegic, when she was thrown

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Test for residency for refugees, loosened on humanitarian grounds

Supreme Court of Canada: While deciding on serious issue relating refugee rights the Court observed that, the Tamil teenager who fled the

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Proper Purpose rule is concerned with abuse of power, by doing acts which are within its scope but done for an improper reason

Supreme Court of United Kingdom– Deciding on an appeal wherein the respondent perceived that it had become the target of a so-called

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Power of detention conferred on the executive of the Northern Territory is not penal or punitive in character

Australia High Court: While dismissing an application for a declaration that Division 4AA of Pt VII of the Police Administration Act (NT)

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Seeking reformation in manmade religious law is not blasphemy

Supreme Court of Pakistan: While upholding the conviction and sentence of the appellant in the high profile assassination of Salman Taseer, the

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Unjust enrichment can be proved by establishing a sufficient nexus between the loss and the benefit so received

Supreme Court of United Kingdom– Deciding on an appeal in a case concerning unjust enrichment and subrogation, the Court with the majority

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Right to counsel guarantees ‘reasonable competence’ and not ‘perfect advocacy’

Supreme Court of United States– Reversing the judgment of the Court of Appeals for Maryland that the defense attorney of the respondent

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Biotech invention through which vulnerability to cancer can be detected held to be non-patentable

High Court of Australia: In a pivotal issue relating to claim of patent of isolated nucleic acid coding for BRCA1 protein with

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Directions given for the implementation of Urdu as the official language of Pakistan

Supreme Court of Pakistan: Deciding upon the present Constitution petition concerning the issue of implementation of Article 251 of the Constitution of

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Solitary confinement of prisoners for extended periods ruled as unlawful

Supreme Court of United Kingdom: Deciding on appeals wherein the issues were whether the decisions to keep the appellant prisoners in solitary confinement

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Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan contains certain ‘salient features’ that cannot be contravened by the Parliament through amendment

Pakistan Supreme Court: The 17 Judge Bench of the Court constituted under Nasir-ul-Mulk, C.J., while deciding that whether there are any limitations

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Application of settlement criterion is a breach of rights under Article 14 of ECHR read with Article 2 of First Protocol

Supreme Court of United Kingdom– Deciding on whether the lawful residence criterion or settlement criterion breaches the appellant’s right to education under

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Use of execution drug, allowed

Supreme Court of United States– In a significant decision wherein four Oklahoma death-row inmates (petitioners) filed for preliminary injunction contending that the

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Same Sex marriages legalized in all States

Supreme Court of United States: While bringing a long debated issue to a conclusion, the Supreme Court legalized the marriages of same

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Obamacare subsidies upheld

Supreme Court of United States– Giving a landmark judgment, the Court by a majority of 6:3 sealed the fate of the Patient

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Trustee will not be personally liable as to costs incurred in earlier proceedings

Supreme Court of United Kingdom– Giving directions in the pending appeal concerning a claim in negligence by the appellant against the respondent

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Limitation to use only “dried marijuana” for medicinal purpose violates Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Supreme Court of Canada: Dealing as to whether limitations under the regulations of Controlled Drugs and Substance Act, 1996 (CDSA) to permit

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Termination of employee for medicinal use of marijuana off-duty, held valid

Supreme Court of Colorado: Deciding as to whether use of medical marijuana that is licensed by the State of Colorado but prohibited