France’s top administrative court has overturned a town burkini ban amid shock and anger worldwide after some Muslim women were ordered to remove body-concealing garments on French Riviera beaches. The ruling by the Council of State Friday specifically concerns a ban in the Riviera town of Villeneuve-Loubet, but the binding ... Read More »
France’s top administrative court overturned a burkini ban in a Mediterranean town, in a decision Friday that should set legal precedent regarding a swimsuit crackdown that has divided the country and provoked shock around the world. The ruling by the Council of State on Friday specifically concerns a ban on ... Read More »
Embattled real estate firm Unitech Ltd. was on Wednesday directed by the Supreme Court to deposit Rs. 15 crore principal amount by September-end to pay back investors who had bought flats in its Gurugram project but not got possession on time. “We feel pained,” a Bench of Justices Dipak Misra ... Read More »
Embattled real estate firm Unitech Ltd. was on Wednesday directed by the Supreme Court to deposit Rs. 15 crore principal amount by September-end to pay back investors who had bought flats in its Gurugram project but not got possession on time. “We feel pained,” a Bench of Justices Dipak Misra ... Read More »
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey man serving a lengthy prison term for running a $200 million Ponzi-style real estate scheme has lost his bid to withdraw his guilty plea and have charges he admitted to in another case dismissed. EIiyahu Weinstein had argued that the federal judge who ... Read More »
Declared a proclaimed offender by the Indian authorities and now living in London, liquor baron Vijay Mallya failed to get any relief from the Delhi High Court which on Friday asked him to appear before the trial court in a number of cheque-bounce cases filed against him by Delhi International ... Read More »
A federal appeals court on Friday struck down North Carolina’s requirement that voters show identification before casting ballots and reinstated an additional week of early voting, finding that legislators had acted with “discriminatory intent” in imposing strict election rules. The decision by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of ... Read More »
The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that defamation cannot be used as a political tool to silence criticism. The top court was hearing a petition challenging a non-bailable warrant issued against actor-turned-politician Vijayakanth and his wife Premalatha by a Tirupur court for allegedly libelous statements he made against Tamil Nadu ... Read More »
Director Chaitanya Tamhane, whose debut feature film Court premiered at the 71st Venice Film Festival and also won the Venice Lion of the Future two years ago, has been named one of the jury members for the 73rd edition of the international event. He will be a part of the ... Read More »
The automatic door malfunction on the set of Star Wars: The Force Awakens that left actor Harrison Ford with a broken leg — among other injuries — and an extended recovery vacation could have been a lot worse. The Disney-owned Foodles Production, which built the hydraulic door that caused the ... Read More »
The Seller Property Information Statement (SPIS) continues to be the single most dangerous document in current use in the real estate market. Since 1997, when the form first came into use, there have been 94 reported Ontario court cases centred on the document. Across the country, the total exceeds 250. ... Read More »
A federal judge says a transgender teen should not be blocked from using the boy’s bathroom at school while the school board pursues an appeal in the student’s discrimination lawsuit. U.S. District Court Judge Robert G. Doumar had ordered the Gloucester County School Board in June to let Gavin Grimm ... Read More »
