Supreme Court

Thousands demonstrate across US against scrapping abortion rights

Protesters demanded to keep abortion rights after US Supreme Court’s opinion draft leaked to the media that would overturn the landmark Roe v Wade ruling, which supports abortion rights.

India court puts on hold colonial-era sedition law used to muzzle dissent

A Supreme Court order asked the government and state authorities to refrain from registering fresh cases under the harsh law while it was under review.

Leaked document suggests US court will overturn abortion law

The 98-page draft majority opinion calls the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision enshrining the right to abortion "egregiously wrong from the start."

Idaho Supreme Court temporarily blocks new abortion law in US

Idaho last month had become the first state to enact legislation modelled after the Texas statute banning abortions after about six weeks.

US Senate confirms Jackson as first Black woman to serve on Supreme Court

Four of the justices on the nine-member court will be women once Ketanji Brown Jackson takes her seat, making it the most diverse bench in history.

No confidence vote to oust Pakistan PM Khan to go ahead: Supreme Court

The court ruled that blocking of vote to oust Prime Minister Imran Khan was unconstitutional and ordered restoration of dissolved lower house of the parliament.

Pakistan top court likely to rule on move to block Imran Khan's ouster

Imran Khan lost his parliamentary majority last week and was on the verge of being forced from office by a no-confidence vote tabled by the opposition, but the deputy speaker threw out the motion.

Want to chase monkeys in India? Apply at the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of India is seeking monkey scarers to protect its judges’ homes, but the creatures, seen as gods, are hard to handle.

First female Supreme Court judge appointed in Pakistan

Though historic, the move has been divisive as some opposed the decision because they say the appointment of Justice Ayesha Malik was made in contravention of seniority lists.

US appeals court allows Texas to resume ban on most abortions

The verdict of the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit comes just two days after a district judge suspended the Texas law that he called an “offensive deprivation” of the constitutional right to an abortion.

Chauvin files appeal against conviction, sentence in Floyd's death case

Former Minneapolis policeman filed an appeal with a Minnesota district court, citing 14 complaints related to his trial earlier this year in the high-profile murder of George Floyd, which sparked "Black Lives Matter" protests across the globe.

Top Brazil court hears arguments in landmark indigenous land case

"We expect some common sense from the Supreme Court. If not, we'll have to hand Brazil over to the indigenous," says President Jair Bolsonaro, as court adjourns hearings in case over scope of constitution's protection of indigenous land.