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The Australian Federal Court dismissed a legal challenge to the construction of a gas export pipeline along the submerged cultural heritage of the Tiwi Nation on Monday. During the hearing, the court dismissed the application and discharged a temporary injunction that had halted gas giant Santos from commencing work in November last year on their [...]

Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Saturday set aside a Peshawar High Court’s (PHC) decision suspending the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) earlier order against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf’s (PTI) that revoked the party’s bat election symbol. This means that PTI will not be able to use their iconic bat symbol. PTI, which is led by former prime minister [...]

The US Supreme Court announced Friday that it will hear the case Starbucks Corp. v. McKinney, originally filed due to Starbucks’ firing of employees attempting to unionize, to determine the appropriate legal standard by which courts should review National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) preliminary injunction decisions. The case arose in 2022, when Starbucks was accused [...]

The US Supreme Court announced Friday that it has granted certiorari in the case City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson, which challenges cities banning or heavily regulating encampments of unhoused people on public land under the 8th Amendment of the US Constitution’s prohibition on “cruel and unusual punishment.” The case surrounds several parts of [...]

The US Supreme Court agreed Friday to determine whether a plaintiff must first exhaust all state administrative remedies before bringing a federal civil rights claim before a court. The case, Williams v. Washington, stems from a decision in the Supreme Court of Alabama which held that individuals who filed unemployment compensation claims with the Alabama [...]

The Indian Supreme Court refused Friday to stay a recently enacted law regulating the appointment, terms of service and duration of office for the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and Election Commissioners (ECs); however, a notice was issued to the central government. Indian National Congress, India’s largest opposition party, leader Jaya Thakur’s plea challenging the constitutionality [...]

Alexei Navalny brought claims against the Russian Ministry of Justice for his treatment in a Siberian prison when he appeared in court via video link, on Thursday. He appeared from a remote Siberian Penal Colony which he had recently been transferred to. During this transfer, he went “missing” within the penal system for nearly three [...]

The Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s (CBC) challenge Thursday against a court order requiring the disclosure of a source and related documents. The decision stems from a sexual misconduct case involving Vice-Admiral Haydn Edmundson of Canada’s Armed Forces. The case originates from a 2021 CBC report on sexual assault [...]

A grand jury declined to return an indictment Thursday against Brittany Watts, an Ohio woman facing an abuse of corpse charge after suffering a miscarriage in her home. The Trumbull County prosecutor’s office stated that, after evaluating the case, they believed Watts did not violate the Ohio Criminal Statute of Abuse of a Corpse. The grand [...]

Israel delivered a fiery response on Friday to South Africa’s claim before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that its ongoing conflict with Hamas in the Gaza Strip constitutes an act of genocide. Following Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israeli civilians, Israeli forces have launched a full-blown military campaign in the Gaza Strip. Last month, [...]