Supreme Court of Pakistan

The chief justice of India's Supreme Court has presided over a string of verdicts in recent weeks that grant more rights to women, gay couples and religious minorities, challenging deeply conservative Indian society as he prepares to retire from the bench next month.

The head of the Greek prime minister's legal department, Vassiliki Thanou, has come under fire from the country's union of judges and prosecutors (EDE), who described her recent intervention in the Novartis bribery case as an "institutional faux pas."

Today, the new Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) will take an oath in the solemn hall of the Supreme Court of Cassation.

It is expected that the first meeting will take place within the day.

A week ago to journalists, Justice Minister Tsetska Tsacheva announced that today she will announce her opinion on the work of the Council over the past 5 years.

Pakistan's Supreme Court on Sept. 15 dismissed an appeal from former prime minister Nawaz Sharif against his disqualification from the premiership over corruption allegations tied to the Panama Papers leak.

The judicial year opening day ceremony venue will once again be the Supreme Court of Appeals this year, after controversy erupted over the fact that it was held at the presidential palace in Ankara under the leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in 2015.  

The Supreme Court of Appeals will host the ceremony on Sept. 5, the date it had traditionally been held for years.

Pakistan's Supreme Court on July 28  toppled Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who resigned after the court ruled he was unfit to hold office and ordered a criminal investigation into his family over corruption allegations.

Nawaz Sharif has resigned as prime minister of Pakistan following a decision by the country’s Supreme Court to disqualify him from office.
The ruling came after a probe into his family’s wealth following the 2015 Panama Papers dump linking Mr Sharif’s children to offshore companies.
Mr Sharif has consistently denied any wrongdoing in the case.

Nawaz Sharif

Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled to remove Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from office following a nearly year-long corruption investigation into his family, local media reported Friday.

"Supreme Court of Pakistan has disqualified Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in the Panama Papers case verdict. Justice Ejaz Afzal announced the decision," The Times of Islamabad wrote.

''The government has called on institutions to work together and lower tension as soon as possible in order to implement reforms in the judicial system.

Turkish officials have announced the members of a State of Emergency Procedures Investigation Commission that was established to receive the complaints of tens of thousands of people who have been affected by the ongoing state of emergency.