The supreme court is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts in many legal jurisdictions. Other descriptions for such courts include court of last resort, apex court, and highcourt of appeal. Broadly speaking, the decisions of a supreme court are not subject to further review by any other court. Supreme courts typically function primarily as appellate courts, hearing appeals from decisions of lower trial courts, or from intermediate-level appellate courts.
India has increased security a week before the Supreme Court rules on a disputed religious site that has been fiercely contested by majority Hindus and Muslims for decades, police and home ministry.. Reuters - Published
Spain's Supreme Court has reactivated a European arrest warrant for three of the Catalan leaders who fled Spain after taking part in a failed independence bid in 2017, a lawyer for the accused said on.. Reuters - Published
President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court to shield his tax returns from investigation. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. wants to subpoena eights years of Trump’s tax records...
A High Court victory for Extinction Rebellion "vindicates" their criticism of the Metropolitan Police's London-wide ban on their protests, according to their barrister. The judge's decision is a..
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Spain's Supreme Court on Monday jailed nine Catalan separatist leaders for between nine and 13 years for their role in a failed independence bid, a decision that triggered mass protests in the region..
Spain's Supreme Court handed prison sentences of between nine and 13 years to nine separatist leaders on Monday, for their role in a failed Catalan independence bid in 2017. David Doyle reports.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson returned to face the nation's parliament on Wednesday a day after the Supreme Court ruled he acted unlawfully when suspending the legislature earlier this month.
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Boris Johnson has hit out at the Supreme Court for intervening in a political matter at a time of "great national controversy" over Brexit. The Prime Minister was forced to cut short a trip to the..
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has returned to Downing Street as Parliament resumes its business. It comes a day after the Supreme Court ruled that his original suspension of Parliament was 'unlawful'.
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House of Commons speaker John Bercow addresses the press on College Green, Westminster, where he welcomes the Supreme Court's ruling that the Government's prorogation of Parliament was unlawful. Mr..
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British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn called on Boris Johnson on Tuesday to consider his position and call a new election after the Supreme Court ruled that the prime minister's move to suspend..
The United Kingdom's Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson's advice to Queen Elizabeth to suspend parliament weeks before Brexit was unlawful. Rough cut (no reporter..
Gina Miller, who led the legal challenge against the move to prorogue parliament, said outside the Supreme Court that it was a win for parliamentary sovereignty. “Today’s ruling confirms that we..
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Boris Johnson faces an anxious wait as the UK's highest court considers whether he acted unlawfully by suspending Parliament for five weeks in the face of a looming Brexit deadline. The case is a..
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Nigeria's Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal by the main opposition candidate to overturn the result of February's presidential election in which Muhammadu Buhari was returned to office. Reuters - Published
Poland's Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected one of six requests for a vote recount by the ruling nationalists (PiS) following the Oct. 13 election in which they narrowly lost their majority in the upper.. Reuters - Published
Poland's opposition asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to approve the recount of some votes in elections for parliament's upper house, setting the scene for a dispute over a tight result a day after.. Reuters - Published
Poland's ruling nationalists asked the Supreme Court on Monday to approve a recount of some votes for parliament's upper house, a move which if approved could hand them a majority in both chambers and.. Reuters - Published
Brazil's Supreme Court began debating on Thursday whether to overturn a three-year-old rule that convicted criminals must go to prison right after losing their first appeal and not wait until they have.. Reuters - Published
South Korea's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a government decision to suspend Asiana Airlines' Incheon-San Francisco route for 45 days, adding to the debt-ridden carrier's headaches as it battles.. Reuters - Published
The Catalan separatist leader hit by the heaviest jail sentence by Spain's Supreme Court for his role in the region's failed secession bid told Reuters a new referendum on independence was unavoidable. Reuters - Published
Spain's Supreme Court on Monday sentenced nine Catalan separatist leaders to up to 13 years in prison for sedition over their role in a failed independence bid, dividing opinion both in the region and.. Reuters - Published
Spain's Supreme Court on Monday issued an European arrest warrant for former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, following the sentencing of nine other separatist leaders. Reuters - Published
Spain's Supreme Court on Monday sentenced nine Catalan separatist leaders to between nine and 13 years in prison for sedition over their role in the region's failed bid for independence in 2017. Reuters - Published
Spain's Supreme Court is expected to announce on Monday its highly-anticipated verdict in the trial of 12 Catalan separatist leaders over their role in the region's 2017 banned referendum and.. Reuters - Published
Spain's Supreme Court plans to sentence Catalan separatist leaders to a maximum of 15 years in prison over a 2017 bid for independence, a judicial source told Reuters on Saturday. Reuters - Published
Spain's Supreme Court is set to announce as early as Monday its verdict in the high-stakes trial of Catalan separatist leaders over their role in a banned independence referendum, two judicial sources.. Reuters - Published
Spain's Supreme Court is expected to announce on Monday its verdict in the trial of Catalan separatist leaders, a judicial source said on Friday, in a decision that could reignite tensions over a.. Reuters - Published
The British government will not try to suspend parliament again in a way that contravenes Tuesday's ruling of the Supreme Court, Attorney General Geoffrey Cox said, speaking after the court declared an.. Reuters - Published
A defiant Prime Minister Boris Johnson was flying home early on Wednesday after the Supreme Court ruled he had unlawfully suspended parliament, with no end in sight to Britain's deep political crisis.. Reuters - Published
U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts, speaking at a New York synagogue on Tuesday night, lamented the perception that the Supreme Court is becoming politicized and that the justices' decisions are guided.. Reuters - Published
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke to Queen Elizabeth after the Supreme Court ruled he acted unlawfully when he advised her to suspend parliament just weeks before Brexit, a government official.. Reuters - Published
Britain's lower house of parliament, the House of Commons, will sit on Wednesday after the Supreme Court ruled Prime Minister Boris Johnson's suspension of parliament was unlawful, Commons Speaker John.. Reuters - Published
The leader of the Northern Ireland party whose 10 members of parliament support Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government on Tuesday said the judgment of the Supreme Court has to be respected. Reuters - Published
The European Commission declined to comment on "internal constitutional matters" of the United Kingdom after the Supreme Court there ruled Prime Minister Boris Johnson's suspension of parliament was.. Reuters - Published
Jeremy Corbyn has called on Boris Johnson to resign after the Supreme Court ruled the prime minster's decision to prorogue parliament was illegal. Independent - Published
Britain's House of Commons must convene without delay, Speaker John Bercow said on Tuesday, welcoming a ruling by the Supreme Court that Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to suspend parliament.. Reuters - Published
Spain's Supreme Court is expected to rule on Tuesday on whether to move the remains of former dictator General Francisco Franco from a state mausoleum that the leftist government and others have.. Reuters - Published
Britain will accept the Supreme Court's upcoming ruling on whether the government's decision to suspend parliament was lawful, foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Sunday. Reuters - Published
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson could suspend parliament again even if the Supreme Court rules that his original suspension, or prorogation, was unlawful, a court document tweeted by an opposition.. Reuters - Published
A lawyer for the British government told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that if it ruled that Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to suspend parliament in the run-up to Brexit was unlawful, he would.. Reuters - Published
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