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Judge Leonora van den Heever, South Africa’s First Woman Judge, Dies at 99

Tributes from top legal officials stress her role in opening the bench to women.

Supreme Court Orders Immediate Release of Delhi Lawyer Held by Gurugram STF

Himachal Pradesh HC Grants Bail to ASI Accused of Evidence Tampering in HPPCL Engineer’s Death

Supreme Court Transfers Magistrate Hit-and-Run Trial to Delhi’s Rohini Court

Germany’s Constitutional Court Mandates Judge’s Order for Deportation Detention Arrests

Supreme Court, Mexican Banks Set Up Ongoing Dialogue on Legal Certainty for Lending

Supreme Court Opens District Judge ‘Bar Quota’ to Serving Judges, Overrules Dheeraj Mor

Mexican Plaintiff Seeks Recusal of Two Supreme Court Ministers From Preventive Detention Debate

Judge Orders New Trial for Ex–Las Cruces Officer Brad Lunsford After Manslaughter Conviction

SCBA President Vikas Singh Rebukes Sanjeev Sanyal’s ‘Biggest Hurdle’ Claim About Judiciary

Madras HC Inquiry Finds Kancheepuram Judge Misused Power, Report Sent to Vigilance and Transfer Panels

Italy’s Chamber Approves Justice Overhaul Splitting Judges and Prosecutors

Supreme Court Orders Madhya Pradesh to Pay ₹25 Lakh for 4.7-Year Wrongful Overdetention

Córdoba Neonatal Case Heads to Provincial High Court After All Cassation Appeals Are Admitted

Makintach Files Defense Denying Banned Filming as New Panel for Maradona Retrial Is Confirmed

Caso Maradona: La Defensa de Luque Pide Audiencia Pública Para Tratar la Recusación de Dos Jueces Hoy

India Appoints 53 Judicial Members to GST Appellate Tribunal

High Courts Tighten Review of Death Sentences in Child Rape-Murder Cases

Presidency Urges SCJN to Defer Preventive Detention Review Until New Justices Are Seated

Supreme Court Orders ₹5 Lakh Compensation and Judicial Inquiry Over Bail Delay