However, the IHC noted that the alleged contemnors had to discharge a heavy onus to satisfy the

. Subsequently, the IHC had decided to indict all the alleged contemnors on January 7( today).... The people

Join our Whatsapp channel KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Friday issued non-bailable warrants for the arrest of directors general of the Karachi Development Authority( KDA) and the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency( Sepa), as well as the owners of a known travel agency and a restaurant operating in a residential property in Clifton, in a contempt of court application for failing to complying with its order about stopping commercial activities in the subject property.A two-judge constitution

Join our Whatsapp channel KARACHI: Three Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf( PTI) candidates, including its Sindh president Haleem Adil Sheikh, on Tuesday moved the Sindh High Court, seeking contempt proceedings against the Election Commission of Pakistan( ECP) for not deciding their complaints against the provisional results of the Feb 8 general elections in the light of a court order. Citing Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja, four ECP members and the Sindh election commissioner as the all

ISLAMABAD: The Su--p-reme Court office on Tu--es-day returned a petition se--eking to initiate conte-mpt of court proceedings agai-nst Secre-tary of Defe-n---ce re----ti-red Lt Gen Ham-o-od-uz-Zaman Khan for all-e---gedly disregarding the Oct 23 un--a-nimous decision of declaring the trial of 103 civilians identified in relation to their alleged invol-vement in the May 9 viole-nce as against the Constitution. The SC Registrar’s Offi--ce returned the petition mo---ved through senior co-unsel Fais

Donald Trump’s latest attempt to delay his criminal hush money trial in New York has been denied during the second week of courtroom testimony. The former president had sought a delay for several reasons, including that presiding Judge Juan Merchan had refused to recuse himself from the case, and that he had not been permitted to invoke a presidential immunity defence.Mr Trump had also claimed that Judge Merchan had restricted his ability “ to file motions in said proceedings and include rulings

Over a dozen demonstrators were also arrested at the protest against TC Energy Corp's Coastal GasLink pipeline." The two journalists were released after signing conditions to abide by the injunction, to keep the peace and to attend court at a future date.... Both are required to return to court on Feb.... But Wet' suwet'en hereditary chiefs insist they have the final say.($ 1= 1. 2701 Canadian dollars)( Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru; editing by Richard Pullin)....

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court has sentenced former Umno supreme council member Datuk Lokman Noor Adam to a month’s jail for contempt of court after finding him guilty of intimidating a prosecution witness in Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s 1MDB trial. Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah found Lokman’s action constituted contempt of court and convicted him accordingly. The court ordered the jail term to run from yesterday. The contempt of court proceedings was brought on Lokman by then attorney general Tan

Join our Whatsapp channel PESHAWAR: Five senior academics have petitioned the Peshawar High Court for contempt proceedings against the provincial chief secretary and three other officials, accusing them of not implementing the judgement about the appointment of vice chancellors to several public sector universities in the province.A contempt petition was filed by Dr Aurangzeb Khan, a professor at the University of Science and Technology, Bannu, and four other educators, requesting the court to p

The appointment of a prosecutor in the affidavit case came to light on Friday when IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah issued a written order about the court proceedings held on Tuesday.... Regarding Mr Shamim’s affidavit that was delivered to the IHC in a sealed envelope, the order said: “ The sealed package received through the courier service DHL from the United Kingdom was handed over by the Registrar to Rana Mohammad Shamim.... The affidavit related to pending proceedings and the appeals pre