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Judiciary - Page 2

May 24, 2026
Diplomacy/Human Rights/Judiciary

Woman’s 1985 Testimony Secures Rapist’s Conviction 30 Years After Her Death

Sue Firth died in 1997, believing her case would never be solved. Nearly three decades later, her own words helped convict the man who raped her in a Sheffield car park in

Judiciary/Sri Lanka

“For 30 Years I Lived in Fear, Now I Suffer Again”: Mother of Suresh Sallay

For three decades, Claudia Mary Antonette Sallay lived with the fear that came with having three sons serving in the Sri Lankan Army during a brutal conflict. Every military update carried the possibility of devastating news. Every phone call brought

June 28, 2026

Sri Lanka: A Bishop’s Pulpit or the State’s Prosecutor?

Judiciary/Sri Lanka

by Durga Velayudham There is something profoundly disturbing when retired President Bishop of the Methodist Church Sri Lanka, Rev. Asiri P. Perera, abandons the

Coming to Terms with Corruption in Sri Lanka

Judiciary/Sri Lanka

The month end saw Daily Mirror blaring “More arrests of lawyers, politicians and senior police officers are likely in the near future” following the

US Judge Dismisses Adani Case but Questions Justice Department’s Conduct

August 11, 2026
Judiciary/News

A US judge has dismissed criminal charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, while sharply criticising the Justice Department’s handling of its decision to abandon the high-profile fraud and bribery prosecution. Brooklyn-based US

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Colombo Cardinal Ranjith’s ‘Mastermind’ Claim Under Scrutiny as Court Questions Evidence

August 10, 2026
Judiciary/Sri Lanka

by Our Correspondent in Colombo Allegations portraying former intelligence director Major General Suresh Sallay as a conspirator or even a mastermind behind Sri Lanka’s 2019 Easter Sunday terrorist attacks are facing a

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Sri Lanka Gazettes Constitutional Amendment Proposing Six-Year Term Limit for Chief Justice

August 7, 2026
Judiciary/Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka has published the draft 22nd Constitutional Amendment, proposing significant changes to the tenure of the Chief Justice, the retirement ages of judges serving on the Supreme Court and Court of

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Spanish Police Officer Challenges Court Order to Surrender Phone in Harassment Investigation

August 7, 2026
India/Judiciary/World

A Spanish police officer who has accused a senior police commissioner of sexual and workplace harassment has challenged a court order requiring her to surrender the mobile phone used to record alleged

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How Social Media Learned to Exploit Young Minds

August 7, 2026
Editorials/Judiciary

Editorial The judgment delivered by Judge Bryan Biedscheid of the First Judicial District Court in New Mexico yesterday, 6 August 2026, may prove to be one of the most consequential legal decisions

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Meta Ordered to Pay $567 Million Over Child Safety Ruling in Landmark New Mexico Case

August 7, 2026
Human Rights/Judiciary/World

A court in the US state of New Mexico has ruled that Meta must pay 567 million US dollars over the psychological harm suffered by children, marking a significant development in legal

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OpenAI Seeks Dismissal of Apple Trade Secrets Lawsuit Over Consumer Hardware Ambitions

August 6, 2026
Artificial Intelligence/Judiciary

OpenAI has asked a US judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Apple accusing the artificial intelligence company and two former Apple employees of misappropriating the iPhone maker’s trade secrets to advance

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Court Reaffirms: The Failure Was Not Intelligence

August 5, 2026
Editor's Choice/Judiciary/Sri Lanka

by Luxman Aravind The last week Trial-at-Bar judgment in the Easter Sunday criminal proceedings is far more than another judicial determination. It is a significant legal milestone that compels a reassessment of one

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Sri Lanka: Mystery man in the Easter Sunday plot!

August 5, 2026
Judiciary/Sri Lanka

Before the end of his term, President Maithripala Sirisena appointed a Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) on 21 September 2019, headed by Supreme Court Justice Janak de Silva, following a request by

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Sri Lanka Prison crisis: Should Prisons be about rehabilitation rather than just incarceration?

August 4, 2026
Judiciary/Sri Lanka

“Generally speaking, punishment makes men hard and cold; it concentrates; it sharpens the feeling of alienation; it strengthens the power of resistance” ― Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher and writer  In the first instance,

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