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Togo issues arrest warrant for ex-prime minister Agbéyomé Kodjo | Africanews
A Togolese court has issued an international arrest warrant for opposition figure Agbéyomé Kodjo, who came second in the February presidential election won by president Faure Gnassingbé, and who now lives in “hiding in Togo”, according to one of his lawyers on
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High Court halts Marova, Chimbiri trial
BY MIRIAM MANGWAYA HIGH Court judge Justice Happias Zhou has stayed trial of MDC MDC Alliance activists Netsai Marova and Cecilia Chimbiri which was set for yesterday, pending determination of their application to challenge separation of trial. Chimbiri and Marova were separated from
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
Constitutional Court punishes litigants for defaming judges | News24
Litigants who defame judges, launching scurrilous and unfounded attacks on their integrity to further their own ends, must expect to pay punitive costs, the Constitutional Court has ruled.
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Judiciary goes digital in line with new normal
It has automated case filing, courtroom hearings, issuance of legal summonses and court orders after years of reliance on the slow, inefficient manual
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Judge refuses to recuse herself in K2.4Bn Mphwiyo 'cashgate' case
'There are no substantial grounds for me to recuse myself from this case.' Judge Esmie Chombo of the High Court told Paul Mphwiyo and 14 other suspects in the K2.4 billion cashgate case in which she is the sitting judge: I am not going nowhere, I keep on hearing this case to the end, and
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After delay, associate judges are approved
After a few weeks’ delay, newly elected Chief Magistrate Judge Cynthia Kelley has had her associate judges approved by the Superior Court Judges of the Augusta Judicial Circuit. Judge Kelley received word that her three appointments had been approved Tuesday afternoon. Chief Judge Carl
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Malawi: Commonwealth Judges Add Voice of Concern Over Mutharika's Attack On Malawi Judiciary
Commonwealth lawyers, judges and magistrates have added their voice to the chorus of concern that President Peter Mutharika continues to criticise the Judiciary following the nullification of the May 21 2019 presidential election
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Morocco: Public Prosecutor Calls for Waging Relentless Fight Against Offenses Committed During Registration On Electoral Rolls
[MAP] Rabat -- The president of the public prosecution has called for facing, with the required firmness and determination, all the offenses committed on the occasion of registration on the electoral rolls.
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Sudan's Ruling Council Removes First Female Chief Justice, Accepts Attorney General's Resignation
[VOA] Khartoum -- Sudan's ruling Sovereign Council removed Chief Justice Neimat Abdallah Mohamed Khair from the bench and accepted the resignation of Attorney General Taj Al Sir Al Hibir late on Monday, without offering an explanation for either decision.
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Journo files application for discharge - NewsDay Zimbabwe
BY SILAS NKALA NEW York Times (NYT) correspondent Jeffrey Moyo, who is facing charges of contravening the Immigration Act, has filed an The post Journo files application for discharge appeared first on NewsDay Zimbabwe.
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Chin’ono seeks magistrate’s recusal
BY DESMOND CHINGARANDE JOURNALIST Hopewell Chin’ono, who is accused of inciting the public to commit public violence, has filed an application for the recusal of the presiding magistrate Nyasha Nduna. Chin’ono, who was represented by Gift Mtisi and Doug Coltart, elected to file a written
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This is public lynching of the judges left out, former CJ tells the president
If a ceremony has been organised for the swearing-in of the president and the Chief Justice refuses to come and swear in the president......
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Supreme Court frees Kereke on Z$500,000 bail - NewsDay Zimbabwe
Kereke was convicted in 2016 and has been fighting both his conviction and sentence for the past five years. The post Supreme Court frees Kereke on Z$500,000 bail appeared first on NewsDay Zimbabwe.
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Northern Cape teen in court for allegedly beheading peer and throwing body in ditch | News24
It is alleged that the accused beheaded the teen, and then threw the body into a ditch. The head was later found in a shack of a relative of the accused.
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Don’t lead us into constitutional crises but deliver us from contempt of court - NewsDay Zimbabwe
Your Excellency, while the past week has been eventful and historic in several respects because of the High Court judgment that effectively “retired” Chief Justice Luke Malaba, for some of us it has been a déjà vu moment as we have been plunged into a constitutional crisis on two fronts.
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True concern for the children of Marcus Smith - Carolina Peacemaker
Being honestly concerned about taking care of Marcus Smith’s children is reasonable but in reality, the Greensboro City Council has no legal say on whether they can legally receive any settlement or judgment proceeds. Smith was a 38 year old African American man who was killed in September 2018
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Zimbabwe magistrates fear granting bail
guest column:Fidelicy Nyamukondiwa Time and again, magistrates have been lambasted and ridiculed by High Court judges for denying bail in the lower court. The phrase “magistrate misdirected himself” is now a daily routine. Why does one misdirect himself in almost every case brought before him? The
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Former pro rugby player accused of murder of top cop Charl Kinnear to remain behind bars | News24
Former professional rugby player Zane Kilian has become the first person to appear in court in connection with the murder of Cape Town detective Charl Kinnear.
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Gag order imposed in case of soldier who allegedly shot cop in Portmore love triangle
A judge today ordered that details about the case of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldier who reportedly shot a policeman he caught in his home in a compromising position with his wife should not be shared with the
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Tunisia: Nabil Karoui Observes Sit-in At Office of Investigative Judge - UPD1
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Head of Qalb Tounès Nabil Karoui decided Monday to observe a sit-in at the office of the investigative judge at the Judicial Financial Division in protest over the extension of his pre-trial detention since last May 5, said Nezih Souiî, one of his lawyers.
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Chiwenga wins children’s custody
THE Supreme Court has set aside a recent High Court judgment and granted Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga custody of his three minor children following protracted legal battles with estranged wife, Mary
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Rhode Island Supreme Court now has its first Black justice and a female majority - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
With Judge Melissa A. Long, the high court has a female majority for the first time in its history.
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Ndewere challenges Mabhiza appointment as tribunal secretary - NewsDay Zimbabwe
BY STAFF REPORTER SUSPENDED High Court judge Justice Erica Ndewere’s hearing on misconduct charges commenced in Harare yesterday with her lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa, challenging the appointment of Justice ministry permanent secretary Virginia Mabhiza as secretary of the tribunal. Mtetwa said Mabhiza
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Judge Denies Bail for Ed Buck - Los Angeles Sentinel
A request for bail was denied last Friday for Democratic Party fundraiser Ed Buck, who is accused of giving drugs to a man who died at his West Hollywood apartment after allegedly being lured across state lines for
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Court of Appeal sides with magistrate who dismissed drug charges against Jamaican - Barbados Today
The Court of Appeal has backed Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes’ decision to drop drug charges against a marine engineer from Jamaica. In dismissing an appeal to Weekes’ ruling, brought by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, the panel of judges also ordered that costs be paid to the
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South Africa: Arms Deal Inquiry Judges Seriti and Musi Cry 'Blatant Absurdity' As They Move to Thwart JSC Probe
[Daily Maverick] The Judicial Conduct Committee hearing into Judge Willie Seriti and Judge Hendrick Musi's conduct at the Arms Deal Inquiry stalled before it began on Friday after the judges submitted a court application to halt the process. The pair, accused of failing to properly investigate the
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Former NMB employees approach Supreme Court - NewsDay Zimbabwe
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Judge sides with DPP in INDECOM counter
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Marcia Henry, first female judge appointed to EDNY | New York Carib News
The Board of Judges of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York on Monday announced the appointment of the district’s first Black female magistrate judge.
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Camp court grants bail to murder suspects | Malawi 24 - Malawi news
A camp court sitting at Mulanje Prison has granted bail to over ten remandees who are answering charges of murder. The camp court was last month set by the community of Sant' Egidio, a lay movement of the Catholic Church with an aim of bringing the much-needed justice especially to suspects who has
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