HIGH COURT
A court in Pakistan on Monday freed a convicted rapist after it was “agreed” he would marry his victim, his lawyer said. Daulat Khan, 23, was convicted in May of raping the deaf woman, 36, in 2020 in the northeastern district of Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, according to his lawyer Amjad Ali Khan. He was […]
Justice Abdu Aboki has called on the judiciary to always maintain its credibility by ensuring that the appointment of justices of the Supreme Court is based essentially on merit. Justice Aboki said this during a valedictory court session held in his honour by the Supreme Court as he bowed out of the nation’s judiciary on […]
A court in Malaysia has sentenced former Premier Najib Razak to 12 years in jail after finding him guilty on all seven counts in the first of several multi-million dollar corruption trials. Najib had pleaded not guilty to the charges of criminal breach of trust, money laundering and abuse of power. The case against him, […]
A Federal Capital Territory High court sitting in Maitama, Abuja has granted the Suspended Accountant General of the Federation, Idris Ahmed, and his co-defendants bail upon terms and conditions given by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Justice Adeyemi Ajayi in her ruling ordered that the defendants shall not leave the Federal Capital Territory, and […]
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