US Supreme Court Lets Illinois Gun Law Stand The US Supreme Court rejected the Second Amendment challenge to a gun law enforced in Highland Park, Illinois, which […]
Does The Segregation Of Prisoners Violate The ECHR?
Does The Segregation Of Prisoners Violate The ECHR? The Supreme Court case of Shahid v Scottish ministers [2015] UKSC 58 considered whether the segregation of prisoners […]
US Supreme Court Hears Employment Discrimination Case
US Supreme Court Hears Employment Discrimination Case The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases earlier this week. In Green v. Brennan, the court heard arguments to […]
Indian Supreme Court Orders Shift Of Crematorium To Protect The Taj Mahal
Indian Supreme Court Orders Shift Of Crematorium To Protect The Taj Mahal The Indian Supreme Court has ordered the government of the state of Uttar Pradesh […]
Lesbian Mom Appeals Judge’s Refusal of Adoption to US Supreme Court
Lesbian Mom Appeals Judge’s Refusal of Adoption to US Supreme Court A woman in Alabama requested the US Supreme Court to revisit the decision of an […]
Witnesses In Zain Murder Case Turned Hostile, Prosecution Tells SC
Witnesses In Zain Murder Case Turned Hostile, Prosecution Tells SC According to the prosecution team in Zain murder case the witnesses retracted their original statements after […]
Defending The Indefensible
Defending The Indefensible A few days back, I co-authored a set of proposals in these pages for making the National Action Plan (NAP) effective. For the […]
Top Court in Saudi Arabia Confirms Capital Punishment of Shiite Muslim Cleric
Top Court in Saudi Arabia Confirms Capital Punishment of Shiite Muslim Cleric The Supreme Court in Saudi Arabia confirmed the death sentence of Shiite Muslim cleric, […]
Basic Structure Theory – Part III
Difference between Constitutional Amendment and Ordinary Legislation The procedure and requirements of amending the Constitution and making an ordinary law is different. Therefore, an ordinary law […]
Basic Structure Theory – Part II
Basic Structure Theory – Part II The Basic Structure Theory has long been debated in the judicial history of Pakistan from the famous case of Asma […]
Why Democracy’s Case Against the Basic Structure Doctrine is Weak in Pakistan – Part II
Why Democracy’s Case Against the Basic Structure Doctrine is Weak in Pakistan – Part II I have argued earlier (in Part I of this comment) that […]
Basic structure Theory – Part I
Basic structure Theory – Part I Abstract: There is no such academic theory of Basic Structure in the constitutional jurisprudence of Pakistan, unlike India. Supreme Court […]
Death Penalty for Mumtaz Qadri Maintained
Death Penalty for Mumtaz Qadri Maintained The Supreme Court of Pakistan has upheld the death sentence for Mumtaz Qadri the killer of former Governor Punjab Salman […]
Contempt of Court filed against Prime Minister in the Supreme Court
A contempt of court plea was filed in the Supreme Court of Pakistan against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for addressing United Nations General Assembly in […]
Criticising Blasphemy Laws Is Not Blasphemy: Supreme Court
Criticising Blasphemy Laws Is Not Blasphemy: Supreme Court Justice Asif Saeed Khosa while hearing the appeal of Mumtaz Qadri (the killer of former Punjab governor Salman Taseer) declared […]
Basic Structure & The 21st Constitutional Amendment
Basic Structure & The 21st Constitutional Amendment The article analyses the constitutionality of recently passed Twenty First Amendment (hereinafter the “21st Amendment”) to the Constitution of […]
Why Democracy’s Case Against the Basic Structure Doctrine is Weak in Pakistan – Part I
Why Democracy’s Case Against the Basic Structure Doctrine is Weak in Pakistan – Part I The Judgment of the Supreme Court of Pakistan upholding the constitutionality […]