High court News

Washington - The U.S. Supreme Court today upheld the individual mandate requiring Americans to buy health insurance or pay a penalty, the integral part of President Obama's signature health care law. The mandate is permissible under Congress’s taxing authority.

Glasgow - David McCallum, a father of three, has admitted at the High Court in Glasgow that he is guilty of raping three girls when they were aged between 9 and 12, twenty years ago.

Delhi - The High Court in the Indian capital New Delhi has dismissed a case against Yahoo India which was accused of hosting "objectionable" material on its web pages.

A Nigerian High court on Friday sentenced a car mechanic to death by hanging for stealing a car stereo back in June 2002.

Dublin - An Irish High Court has given permission to a Dublin maternity hospital to give blood transfusion to the child of a Jehovah's Witness couple. The child is 26 weeks gestation age.

Austin - The Texas Supreme Court ruled on Friday Governor Rick Perry’s travel details can remain secret, overturning rulings by two lower courts which declared Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers’ travel vouchers be made public.

A UK footballer who took out a super-injunction preventing the media from mentioning his name in a sex scandal, is to lodge a High Court order against Twitter after his identity was revealed in a tweet on the micro-blogging website.

Judges in the United Kingdom have been accused of moving towards a “secular state,” downgrading the rights of religious believers.

Rumors are circulating that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is being considered for appointment as Supreme Court Justice to replace Justice John Paul Steven, who plans on retiring.

A new and very dubious phenomenon has struck the UK: A company called ACS:Law has been sending bulk mail to computer users alleging they have illegally downloaded material including pornography and demanding money in settlement. Not so fast, gentlemen.

An Israeli high court ruled Wednesday that a college student deported to Gaza will not be allowed to return to the West Bank to finish school.

Ronnie Biggs, one of the Great Train Robbers, has been granted permission to challenge his parole ban, issued by the Justice Secretary, while his doctor advises that he has little chance of recovering from severe pneumonia.

In a verdict described by some as "revolutionary," the Delhi High Court decriminalized homosexuality. The verdict was hailed by the Indian media as a step in the right direction.