The 4th Circuit Court has ruled that dark web data publication alone may be damaging — a decision that could raise extortion ...

Once INEC is made to discharge the burden of proof, it means that INEC could align itself with the respondent who was declared as elected to prove or validate his due election or return, ...

Free and fair elections are the foundational pillars of any functional democracy. To secure this ideal, the Constitution of ...

The Supreme Court has held that the traditional rule relating to the prosecution’s burden of proof in criminal cases cannot be applied in a “pedantic” manner, cautioning that such rigidity would allow ...

The Senate on Wednesday called for the transfer of the burden of proof in election petitions from aggrieved candidates to the Independent National ...

To foster trust-based governance in India’s direct tax system, the top government think-tank NITI Aayog has suggested a shift away from over-reliance on criminalisation of offences for compliance in ...

NCLAT Delhi held that appellant doesn’t qualify as a Financial Creditor since appellant has failed to discharge the burden of proving any disbursement as defined under Section 5(8)(f) of the ...

ABUJA — The Labour Party (LP) has described the proposal by the Senate to shift the burden of proof in election petition cases to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as a welcome ...

The Deputy National Legal Adviser of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Barrister Okechukwu Osuoha, has expressed support for a proposed amendment to the Electoral Act that would make the Independent ...

Bail is one of the oldest guarantees in American law. It's essentially a promise that a defendant can go free while awaiting ...

Administrators criticized a resolution condemning the administration’s handling of the Cheyfitz case, presented at the Oct.