A South Korean court’s conviction of Seoul’s mayor for illegal polling payments threatens to put an end to his presidential ambitions just weeks after he won a historic fifth term. Oh Se-hoon, the 65-year-old conservative who has led South Korea’s capital on and off for nearly two decades, was fined 10 million won (US$6,800) on Wednesday for violating the Political Funds Act ahead of the mayoral by-election in 2021. Under South Korean law, any elected official fined more than 1 million won for...
Court directs District Legal Services Authority, Palakkad, to initiate rehabilitation measures for orphaned children of the victims; legal experts say such a specific direction was rare in criminal judgments
Judge Kenneth George also imposed a fine of ₹20 lakh and directed that it be paid as compensation to the victims’ children
Nearly 18 years after the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts, the Gujarat High Court has upheld one of India’s largest capital punishment verdicts. An explainer on the case, the investigation, and the road ahead
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen is appealing a verdict which found her guilty of misusing EU funds.
The Narasaraopet court found Akkala Chenchayya guilty of killing Palaparthi Nagaraju in January 2025; proceedings against a juvenile co-accused are pending
Indonesia’s former education minister Nadiem Makarim, one of the country’s best-known tech founders, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after a Jakarta court found him guilty of abusing his authority in a corruption case linked to US$87 million in state losses. The verdict against the Gojek co-founder could unsettle business sentiment and dampen foreign investment appetite in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy, adding to concerns about legal certainty in cases involving government...