Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Supreme Court has today given its judgment in the Ham Enterprises and Hamis Kiggudu vs Diamond Trust Bank case. Court says the loan to Kiggundu was legal. (read full judgment below ) Businessman Kiggundu had petitioned the Supreme Court in Kampala asking them …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Supreme Court Registrar has summoned lawyers from 17 law firms for a pre-hearing conference scheduled to commence on Thursday. The conference, presided over by Lady Justice Elizabeth Musoke, aims to address legal matters and establish the framework for arguments and submission timelines in …
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New York, U.S. | Xinhua | Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a New York law limiting the concealed carry of handguns in public areas, there has been an increasing lack of clarity on gun restrictions, reported ABC News on Friday. “The decision really opens up a whole new way of …
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Houston, U.S. | Xinhua | The U.S. state Texas on Monday deployed more than 400 National Guard troops and other personnel to El Paso, a city bordering Mexico, as the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily halted the termination of an asylum-limiting policy during the COVID-19 pandemic. The deployment aims “to safeguard the …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lango sub-region has received with shock the news of the demise of Supreme Court Justice, Ruby Opio Aweri. He passed on Wednesday morning from Mulago National Referral Hospital where he was admitted two weeks ago. His death shocked the entire sub-region where people described him as …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Supreme Court Judge, Ruby Opio Aweri is dead. In a brief message, Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo said Justice Opio breathed his last at Mulago Specialised Hospital in Kampala today, Wednesday 7th December 2022. He however didn’t divulge details. Justice Opio joined the Judiciary as a …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has appointed Oscar Kihika, the National Resistance Movement Director for Legal Services as a Justice of the Court of Appeal. In a press statement issued on Wednesday, the Presidential Press Secretary Sandor Walusimbi, said that the names of Kihika and the …
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Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected former President Donald Trump’s request to get involved in the dispute over documents taken from his Florida home this summer. Trump requested the justices reverse a decision from a lower court and allow a special master to examine around 100 …
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Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | Former U.S. President Donald Trump has requested that the Supreme Court get involved in his conflict with the Department of Justice (DOJ) over classified documents that were removed from his Florida home by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). In a filing of around 300 pages …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several lawyers want Supreme Court Justice Esther Kisaakye, and Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo to settle their grievances through mediation. According to lawyers, allowing the feud between two senior Justices of the highest court of the land, to end up in court before their juniors would set …
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