Pakistan's Supreme Court delayed an appeal into a blasphemy case against a Christian mother on death row as one of the judges stepped down, with thousands of security forces deployed after threats from Muslim clerics.
Pakistan's Supreme Court dismissed an appeal to stop the hanging of a death row prisoner diagnosed with a mental illness, officials said on Tuesday.
India's top court on Wednesday banned children from taking part in a popular but potentially dangerous religious festival in the country's west that sees young boys scale human pyramids.
Former Philippine president Gloria Arroyo was released from detention on Thursday following nearly five years in a military hospital after the Supreme Court dismissed her corruption charges, her lawyer said.
India's Supreme Court said it will examine how far it could interfere in Muslim laws governing family-related issues as it heard a plea to end a practice allowing Muslim men to divorce their wives ...
Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday bailed a mother and daughter who had been in jail for two months for allegedly sending "vulgar" texts and pictures to another woman, a defence lawyer said.
Kuwait's supreme court on Monday upheld the death sentence handed down to the main convict in the Islamic State group bombing of a Shia mosque that killed 26 people.
Bangladesh's Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a final appeal from the leader of the top Islamist party against death sentence for atrocities committed during the 1971 war of independence.
India's Supreme Court said the tobacco industry must adhere to federal rules requiring stringent health warnings on cigarette packs, in a major setback for the $11bn industry that opposes the new policy.
India's financial crimes agency is seeking the deportation of former airline boss Vijay Mallya from Britain, after he left the country owing more than $1bn.
The White House said yesterday that more candidates could be added to its list of potential nominees to fill the Supreme Court vacancy caused by the death of justice Antonin Scalia.
President Barack Obama was reviewing briefing documents from his staff over the weekend on potential Supreme Court nominees, the White House said on Friday, as a tough political fight loomed with Senate Republicans over filling the pivotal vacancy.
