Two men have pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the killing of Sikh businessman Ripudaman Singh Malik. Malik had been previously acquitted of the 1985 Air India bombing that killed 329 people. At the time of the bombings, investigators blamed them on Sikh separatists widely believed to be seeking revenge for the Indian Army’s deadly [&h...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Constitutional amendments approved by the Pakistani parliament to “regulate” some of the top judiciary’s powers on Monday prompted ire from the local and international legal fraternity, including the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ). Deriding the passage of the 26th Constitutional Amendment into la...
Millions of Americans face renewed uncertainty after the Supreme Court’s right-wing majority halted President Joe Biden’s student debt relief plan. The court’s decision supports a lower court’s suspension of the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) program. That had cut monthly payments for borrowers based on income. This move fol...
Pakistan’s Supreme Court has removed contentious sections from a February ruling related to the Ahmadiya community. The decision followed intense nationwide protests led by religious groups and the Council of Islamic Ideology. The court’s revised judgment, delivered by Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa, addresses objections to the term “preach” used...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has introduced a bill to reverse the Supreme Court’s immunity rulings on former President Donald Trump. This bill would reaffirm the president is not immune to legal accountability and remove the Supreme Court’s jurisdiction to hear appeals related to presidential immunity. Last month, the Court grant...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden called Monday for three “bold reforms” to restore trust and accountability to the Supreme Court. “We need these reforms to restore trust in the courts, preserve the system of checks and balances that are vital to our democracy,” Biden said during an address at the LBJ Presiden...
The Pakistan Supreme Court has overturned the conviction of former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in illegal marriage case. They were accused of marrying before the mandatory three-month waiting period after Bibi’s divorce. Khan’s lawyer celebrated the decision on social media. The couple had been sentenced to s...
The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot participant who challenged an obstruction conviction. The challenge was brought by Joseph Fischer, one of more than 300 people charged with obstruction by the Justice Department. Attorney General Merrick Garland said he was “disappointed” by the Supreme Court’s decision. But...
The Supreme court has upheld a federal ban preventing anyone placed under a domestic violence restraining order from possessing a gun. The ruling in US v Rahimi, supported by eight justices to one, with Clarence Thomas dissenting, will leave in place legal protections against a major source of gun violence in America. Writing the opinion, [&he...
The Supreme Court on Friday struck down a ban on bump stocks. It was enacted by the Trump administration after a 2017 deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas. By a 6-3 vote the justices found the Trump administration had exceeded its power when it prohibited an attachment that enables a semiautomatic rifle to fire at […]
