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Muslim marriages under personal law are not excluded from the POCSO Act and sexual intercourse with a child, even if it is under the guise of marriage, is an offence, the Kerala High Court has said. The court denied bail to a 31-year-old man charged under the Act for allegedly abducting and impregnating a 15-year…
THE National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has applied to the High Court challenging the cancellation of a warrant of arrest for controversial businessperson Frank Sadiq Buyanga by Harare provincial magistrate, Judith Taruvinga. Prosecutor-General Nelson Mutsonziwa cited Taruvinga and Buyanga as the first and second respondents, respectively. Buyanga was arrested in South Africa on November 10, 2022,…
The Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami has reacted to the petition written by the Delta State Take It Back Coordinator, Ighorhiohwunu Aghogho over charges of cyberstalking filed against him. The petition was reportedly orchestrated by the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Isaiah Bozimo Esq and the Director of Public Prosecutions…
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide and the South-East Senate Caucus have faulted the temporary forfeiture of 40 property belonging to a former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu by Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja. The embattled lawmaker has been in prison custody in the United Kingdom over an…
Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has ordered an interim forfeiture of 40 landed properties belonging to the embattled former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu. Senator Ekweremadu is currently in custody in the United Kingdom, over allegation of organ harvesting. Justice Inyang Ekwo, made the order following an ex-parte motion marked, FHC/ABJ/CS/1242/2022 filed and…
Ike Ekweremadu Ike Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice’s plea and trial hearing for organ trafficking, which was scheduled for Monday, have apparently been postponed, according to the Central Criminal Court, also known as the Old Bailey, in the United Kingdom. Ekweremadu and his wife were accused of conspiring with Dr. Obinna Obeta to pay David…
Marriage of a Muslim minor girl, even if allowed under the religion’s personal law, is invalid as it violates provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the Karnataka high court has observed in its recent order. Hearing a bail plea of a man who married a minor Muslim girl, the high…
Image Description: Two different handprints with a heart drawn in between them Recently, the Indian Supreme Court discussed the idea of expanding the traditional idea of a family unit in Deepika Singh v. CAT. The main issue in the case was the interpretation of Rule 43 of the Central Civil Service (Leave) Rules of 1972…
Human rights activist and Delta ‘Take It Back’ Coordinator, Ighorhiohwunu Aghogho has pleaded ‘not guilty’ to charges of cyberstalking preferred against him by the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami. In what appears to be a ploy to buy time, the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, SAN on July…
The trial of seven Chinese nationals arrested for alleged human trafficking and child labour was on Monday postponed in the High Court in Johannesburg to Friday next week as the court tries to secure a Mandarin interpreter. “It emerged in court that the previous interpreter spoke Cantonese and the accused were battling to follow proceedings…
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