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With US midterms underway, courts rebuff Trump's pressure on state election officialsFederal judges issued rulings that restricted the Trump administration's efforts aimed at influencing state election officials. These effor...
$700 million tax bill vs $4.15 million image: The court case that saved Michael Jackson’s heirsA US Tax Court judge has determined that Michael Jackson's name, image, and likeness are worth $4.15 million. This valuation is considerabl...
A used Honda Civic: Why did Michael Jackson's estate claim his image was worth $2,105 in its fight with the IRS?The issue was all about how much Jackson's name, image, and likeness rights were worth when he died. Jackson's estate initially valued his ...
How Trump could interfere in US midterm electionsState officials are preparing for possible federal interference during the upcoming midterm elections. The Justice Department has planned t...
Trump's Supreme Court winning streak in election cases screeches to a haltThe US Supreme Court rejected Donald Trump's bid to stop California from counting more than 20,000 mail-in ballots ahead of Tuesday's midte...
Google's use of press by AI chatbot may infringe copyright rules, EU court adviser saysA recent advisory from a leading legal authority in Europe highlights that press publications can sometimes violate copyright laws. The Adv...
700% jump in airfare: Supreme Court says 'don't travel by air'The Supreme Court refused urgent listing of a plea alleging a 700% surge in airfares, with the bench telling passengers, "Don't travel by a...
Family members can reject sale of joint HUF land and treat it as void if Karta sells it solely for personal benefit; Key legal rules you must knowIn a Supreme Court ruling from earlier this year, the sale of joint ancestral property was deemed invalid if it only benefited one family m...
Andhra landowners sought 20x compensation after price boom, but lost case in High Court for this reasonThe Andhra Pradesh High Court rejected the landowners’ request for enhanced compensation by noting that the landowners relied on market val...
Once father’s property is proved as joint property, married Hindu daughters can claim a right in it and demand partition, rules Karnataka High CourtBrothers resisted married sisters claim over late father’s properties; Karnataka HC rules in married sisters’ favour as properties are join...
SC appoints ex-judge Ranjana Desai as mediator in Reliance gas disputeThe Supreme Court appointed Ranjana Prakash Desai as the mediator to resolve a gas migration dispute. Reliance Industries and its partners ...
Woman joins contractual role for short-term, employer doesn't pay three months salary for taking maternity leave, High Court orders temporary employees should receive that benefit tooChhattisgarh High Court has held that a woman working as a guest lecturer cannot be denied maternity leave salary merely because she is not...
DHFL Case: Delhi court rejects CBI plea for additional charges against Wadhawan brothers, says it cannot review charge orderA special court in Delhi denied the CBI's request for additional charges against Kapil Wadhawan and Dheeraj Wadhawan. The court stated that...
SC hears Reliance's appeals in $1.73 billion ONGC gas disputeReliance Industries is currently appealing a decision made by the Delhi High Court regarding an arbitration award. The High Court had ruled...
Bombay HC tells Shreya Life to rename antibiotic drugThe Bombay High Court has ordered the removal of Shreya Life Sciences’ antibiotic trademark Lefoxin Biox from the register, ruling that it ...
US Supreme Court rejects bid to restore immigration judges’ power to pause deportation casesThe US Supreme Court has decided not to grant immigration judges the authority to halt deportation cases temporarily, thereby reinforcing a...
Supreme Court rejects Mahua Moitra's plea for public disclosure of AIF, FPI ownersThe Supreme Court dismissed TMC MP Mahua Moitra's plea regarding the public disclosure of ultimate beneficial owners. The court noted that ...
Non-Hindus must pledge reverence to enter Agamic temples: Madras HCThe Madras High Court ruled that non-Hindus cannot enter Agamic temples without respecting traditional customs. This decision follows a pub...
OBC candidate scores more than general selectee after age relaxation, Centre opposes category switch in SCAn OBC candidate from Tripura scored 55.1 marks in a 2018 constable recruitment test, above the 46.26 scored by a selected general category...
SC to hear bike taxi stakeholders after Nov 16; riders’ body says Centre backs operationsThe case stems from Karnataka government's appeal against a High Court ruling that upheld the legality of bike taxi aggregators operating i...