India Supreme Court suspends Bombay High Court judgment on definition of sexual assault
The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday suspended the controversial Bombay High Court judgment which held that there had to be “skin to skin contact” for an offense to constitute sexual assault under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POSCO). The stay was ordered by Chief Justice Sharad Bobde after Attorney General KK [...]
China’s revised National Defense Law took effect Friday after its adoption by China’s top legislature, the Standing Committee of the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC), at its twenty-fourth session on December 26 and subsequent promulgation by President Xi Jinping. The amendment makes significant changes, with a total of 54 articles revised, six added and three deleted from the [...]
The difference between justice and equality is that the former is the quality of being fair, while the latter is the state of being equal. To ensure this fairness the Indian constitution has secured Article 15(3) which states that special provisions can be made for women and children. This is the justification for making sexual [...]
Introduction December 2019 witnessed the outbreak of one of the deadliest viruses ever when China reported some cases of unusual pneumonia to the World Health Organization (WHO). The virus remained unknown for a brief period of time, but it spread rampantly across Europe and Asia in the months of January and February. Slowly it moved [...]
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The Supreme Court of Ireland formally ruled in a unanimous decision on Friday that the complete employment ban on asylum seekers was unconstitutional. UN Commissioner for...
Federal appeals court denies rehearing in landmark affirmative action case
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Wednesday denied Abigail Fisher's petition for a rehearing en banc in the affirmative action case Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin . The...
Looking into Affirmative Action through Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin
Fangxing Li, University of Pittsburgh
Oklahoma voters on Tuesday approved a ballot measure to eliminate affirmative action programs within the state. Seventy-six of Oklahoma's 77 counties approved the constitutional amendment that will affect hiring and education practices...
Alabama governor calls for special legislative session on immigration law
Alabama Governor Robert Bentley on Thursday called a special legislative session to discuss changes to the state's tough immigration law . The move comes one day after state lawmakers gave final...
