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Panel of three High Court judges investigating Magistrate Debbie Ng concludes former teacher was detained in facility without any objective basis. Source link

The actress had been ordered to pay her ex-husband US$10.35 million in damages after a jury ruled she had defamed the Pirates of the Caribbean star. Source link

Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, who struck down the government’s mask mandate for travellers, had been rated ‘Not Qualified’ by the American Bar Association when she was nominated in 2020. Source link

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will make history Monday as she goes before a Senate panel considering her nomination to be the first black woman on the US Supreme Court.Barring a major mishap, the Democrats’ narrow control of the Senate means confirmation is all but assured. Although she will not shift …

President Joe Biden has selected federal appellate judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the first black woman to serve on the US Supreme Court, the White House said on Friday, setting the stage for a confirmation battle in the closely divided Senate.Biden picked Jackson, 51, for a lifetime job on …

NEW YORK: A woman who accused Britain’s Prince Andrew of hiding from her sexual assault lawsuit can try an alternative means of serving her legal papers so Queen Elizabeth’s second son can address her claims, a US judge ruled on Thursday night. US District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan said Virginia Giuffre’s …

ISLAMABAD: The Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) has finally approved the name of Balochistan High Court Chief Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail for elevation to the Supreme Court. After a passage of seven years, a BHC judge is being elevated to the apex court. Earlier, Justice Qazi Faez Isa was elevated …

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) – the highest elected body of lawyers – has expressed “serious reservations and concerns” over possible elevation of a Sindh High Court (SHC) judge –ranked fifth in terms of seniority – to a vacant position in the Supreme Court of Pakistan. In a press …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday once again de-listed the hearing of a case against former Islamabad High Court (IHC) judge Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui, on Monday. According to the notification issued by the top court’s registrar, the case was de-listed due to “non-availability of the requisite bench.” Siddiqui had moved …