120.1. The registration of FIR is mandatory Under Section 154 of the Code, if the information discloses commission of a cognizable offence and no preliminary inquiry is permissible in such a situation ...

The criminal process in Shelby County's courts is a notoriously complex and opaque process to the average Memphian. A new ...

The purported cash recovery from Justice Yashwant Varma’s residence has brought into sharp focus the question of judicial transparency and whether any position of power should override principles of l ...

Four survivors of Japan’s “hostage justice” filed a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on March 24, contending that the Code ...

In Justice Yashwant Varma’s case, Delhi police commissioner shared photographs and video of cash, allegedly found in ...

The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short ...

We, the undersigned international and national human rights organizations, and families of the victims of the August 2020 ...

The corruption trial of a director of a Chinese real estate company that constructed the Sh2.5 billion Lake Basin Mall in Kisumu is scheduled to proceed. This is after a judge upheld lower court's ...

May gagawing procedure sa kanya bukas ... The former president is facing a case at the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity allegedly committed during the bloody war on ...

The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. Once again this week, the Supreme ...

By Clarissa-Jan Lim New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ criminal case should be dismissed with prejudice, according to a lawyer appointed by the judge overseeing the case, boosting the mayor’s ...

A state Senate bill seeks to upend the New York Court of Appeals' "leave lottery" system for how it considers criminal appeals in favor of a process that includes the entire court. New York is one of ...