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India Legal
“Yunus Is a Usurper”: Rights Activist Defends Hasina, Slams Bangladesh Polls
By Kumkum Chadha When Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus termed the elections in Bangladesh as “the birthday of a new Bangladesh” and “an unprecedented journey” for the country, he put to…
JURIST
Canada Supreme Court invalidates the result in the Montreal-area riding of Terrebonne
By Ellie Cho | U. Ottawa Faculty Of Law, CA
The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) on Friday nullified the result of last spring’s federal election in the riding of Terrebonne, overturning a single-vote victory by Liberal candidate Tatiana Auguste,…
Blaneys Appeals
COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (FEBRUARY 9 – FEBRUARY 13)
Jump To: Table of Contents | Civil Decisions | Short Civil Decisions Good evening.Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the…
@theBar
A Copycat League: Enhancing Equity Through Chicago’s Local Election Law
Authored by: Tyler Clark Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as New York City’s 112th mayor on New Year’s day. Stacked against adversarial financial support from billionaire-backed, pro-Cuomo Super PACs, Mandani’s…
India Legal
Supreme Court urges Election Commission to devise strategy to tackle excessive poll spending
The Supreme Court has asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) to examine the possibility of developing a concrete framework to address the problem of excessive election spending. The direction…
Paul W. Mollica Federal Courts Blog
Waiting Sixteen Months Was Not “Reasonable Diligence” to Seek Preliminary Injunction in Free Speech Case, Holds Eighth Circuit
In Kohls v. Ellison, No. 25-1300 (8th Cir. Feb. 9, 2026), the Eighth Circuit affirms denial of a preliminary injunction in a case where the plaintiffs waited “more than sixteen…
India Legal
Thumping Tables and Trade Triumphs
By Copyinput
By Kumkum Chadha The past week has been a mixed bag: tears, sorrow, joy, jubilation and anger. If the centre is elated, there is grief and anger in the states…
India Legal
Supreme Court declines to hear Jan Suraaj Party plea alleging cash-for-votes in Bihar Elections
The plea had sought judicial intervention, claiming that monetary incentives were being distributed to sway electoral outcomes and thereby compromise the sanctity of the democratic process. The petition urged the…
Missouri Lawyers Media
Elections: Ballot Initiative Summary Statement-Intervention
Plaintiff appealed the trial court’s judgment approving the Secretary of State’s revised version of the summary statement for a ballot initiative. Where the summary statement misconstrued the legal and probable…
Althouse
"The Supreme Court… cleared the way for California to use a new congressional map intended to give Democrats five additional seats in the U.S. House of Representatives."
By Ann Althouse
"In a one-sentence order, the justices turned down a request from a group of California Republicans that would have required the state to continue to use the map in place…