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A High Court is a court of law that typically has the power to hear and decide on the most serious and complex legal cases. The exact role and jurisdiction of a High Court can vary depending on the legal system in which it operates. In some countries, a High Court may be the highest level of the court system, and may have the power to hear appeals from lower courts. In other countries, a High Court may be a specialized court that deals with specific types of cases, such as criminal or constitutional cases. The judges who sit on a High Court are typically highly experienced and have extensive legal knowledge.
Gerhard Ackerman, who is currently on trial for 704 charges of rape and distribution child pornography and human trafficking, is being sought by SA police after he allegedly sold his movable property before he disappeared. Ackerman last appeared in court on Monday, January 23, where he was being trialed for rape, attempted murder, distribution of…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has trashed the interim order earlier issued for the forfeiture of 40 landed properties belonging to the former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu. In November 2022, the same court ordered an interim forfeiture of the 40 landed properties belonging to Ekweremadu who is currently being remanded in a…
Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja The daughter of a former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Sonia, has pleaded not guilty to the organ harvesting charges levelled against her in the United Kingdom. She also denied trafficking a young man, David Nwamini, into the United Kingdom to harvest his kidney. Sonia, 25, is charged alongside her…
Gujarat High Court’s intervention has helped calm the concerns of a 14-year-old girl from Gandhinagar who left her home to live in Rajasthan after her father and uncle pressured her to get married. The HC was hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by the girl’s father and sought assurance from the latter that he will…
Ethiopian World Federation, an organisation established in the United States in 1937 to promote love and good-will among Ethiopians at home and abroad, has made surprising stance on world celebrated performing artist, Madonna Louise Ciccone — who adopted four Malawians. The Federation, which has since transformed into a global diaspora organisation, is asking the Malawi…
KAMPALA, Uganda: Uganda’s state prosecutor has said that an American couple detained on charges of aggravated torture of a 10-year-old boy now face an additional charge of aggravated child trafficking. If convicted, Nicholas Spencer and his wife, Mackenzie Leigh Mathias Spencer, both 32, could face the death penalty. The couple have been in custody since…
Naveen Nara, a resident of Rohtak, was already married and changed his religion so he could marry the 16-year-old female wrestler without facing criminal action A wrestling coach from Haryana allegedly abducted a minor female wrestler from Madhya Pradesh and married her after changing his religion in Rohtak, as per the Madhya Pradesh police. Naveen…
Aid workers ‘tortured their HIV+ foster son, 10, by keeping him naked and feeding him only cold food’ American’s Nicholas Spencer and his wife Mackenzie Leigh Mathias Spencer are accused of torturing their foster child in Uganda The couple was hit with a new trafficking charge that carries the death penalty US Embassy in Kampala said it…
Issued on: 19/12/2022 – 09:08 Judges at Britain’s High Court are set to rule on whether the UK government’s controversial plan to send asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda is legal. Several asylum-seekers, aid groups and a border officials’ union are trying to stop the Conservative government acting on a deportation agreement between London and Kigali…
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