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Vallejos and Domingo v. Commissioner of Registration was a court case against the government of Hong Kong by two foreign domestic helpers (FDHs) seeking permanent residence and the right of abode in Hong Kong. Because of its subject matter it was commonly referred to in the media as the FDHs' right of abode case (外傭居港權案).
The Court of Final Appeal displaced the presumption of bail in common law and Hong Kong's Criminal Procedure Ordinance. The CFA held that, with regards to national security offences, the Hong Kong national security law (NSL) carves out a specific exception from the bail regime; the presumption in Article 42(2) of the NSL (NSL 42(2)) being that ...
Metropolitan Session court is a type of Sessions Court which are situated in metropolitan cities of Bangladesh. [1] These types courts are exclusively criminal court to deal with only criminal cases. [2] Judges appointed to such courts do not hear or try any civil matter, unlike judges of session courts in districts.
A Hong Kong court on Thursday convicted one person and acquitted six others over a thwarted bomb plot during anti-government protests in 2019, in the city's first case brought under a United ...
A Hong Kong court convicted two former editors of a shuttered news outlet on Thursday, in a sedition case widely seen as a barometer for the future of media freedoms in a city once hailed as a ...
A Hong Kong court is due to sentence two former editors on Thursday who have been found guilty of sedition after publishing articles about the national security crackdown in the city under China ...
The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (HKCFA) is the final appellate court of Hong Kong. It was established on 1 July 1997, upon the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region , replacing the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council as the highest judicial institution under Hong Kong law.
According to Metropolitan Police Act, only a criminal case can be brought under the court trial based on a written report of a police officer. [4] The powers of the Metropolitan Magistrate include imprisonment for a maximum of five years, a solitary confinement is authorized by law, fine not exceeding Taka 10,000 and the order of whipping. [5]