WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday made it harder for music and movie makers to sue for online piracy, ruling that internet providers are usually not liable for copyright infringement even if they know their users are downloading copyrighted works. In a 9-0 decision, the justices threw out Sony’s lawsuit and a $1-billion jury verdict against…
WASHINGTON  — The Trump administration urged the Supreme Court on Tuesday to rule that it may block migrants from applying for asylum at ports of entry along the southern border. The administration’s lawyers argued that the right to asylum, which arose in response to Nazi Germany and the Holocaust, does not extend to those who are…
The ruling came in a batch of petitions, including those filed by Wing Commander Sucheta Edan and others, challenging the implementation of policy changes introduced around 2019 governing the grant of permanent commission. The court pointed out that the appellants’ performance reports were written on the assumption that they would not have real career growth,…
The decision came in the case of a person, who converted to Christianity and acted as a pastor, but had filed a case under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against certain persons who had allegedly subjected him to assault. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court on Tuesday…
WASHINGTON — Californians may be forced to put their ballots in the mail well before election day to be certain they will be counted. That’s the likely outcome of a Republican challenge to mail ballots that came before the Supreme Court on Monday. The court’s six conservatives sounded ready to rule that federal law requires that ballots…
WASHINGTON  — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to rule on whether the Trump administration may end the temporary protection that had been extended in the past to migrants who live and work in the United States. At issue are legal protections for about 6,000 Syrians and up to 350,000 Haitians. The court’s announcement signals the justices…
Supreme Court of India. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Supreme Court of India on Thursday (March 12, 2026) dismissed a plea filed by an advocate who sought a direction to the Centre to pay him ₹1 crore as fee and expenses for filing six cases in 2018 to allegedly “save” then Chief Justice of…
In a defeat for the Trump administration, a federal judge in New York ruled Wednesday that companies that paid tariffs struck down last month by Supreme Court are due refunds. Judge Richard Eaton of the U.S. Court of International Trade wrote that “all importers of record’’ were “entitled to benefit’’ from the Supreme Court ruling…
WASHINGTON  — The Supreme Court revived a San Diego judge’s order Monday and said parents have a right to know about their child’s gender identity at school. The decision came in a 6-3 order granting an emergency appeal from lawyers for Chicago-based Thomas More Society. They said the student privacy policy enforced in California infringes on…
The Supreme Court just declared most of Trump’s tariffs to be unconstitutional. But consumers probably won’t be getting any money back Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who has a way of saying the quiet parts out loud in defending President Trump’s economic policies, told the truth again Friday, during a public appearance a few hours after…