Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Heritage Oil in the longstanding $435 million tax dispute with the Uganda Revenue Authority. Heritage Oil had filed an appeal at the Supreme Court seeking to block some of the arguments by the Uganda Revenue Authority in a …
Read More »U.S. Supreme Court strikes down race-conscious college admissions policies
Washington, US | Xinhua | The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that race-conscious admissions policies used by colleges and universities are unconstitutional, in a pair of cases involving Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Supreme Court stated that the admissions policies of Harvard …
Read More »FULL DETAILS: The Kiggundu, DTB Loan Case
Supreme Court Orders Fresh Hearing in Kiggundu, DTB Loan Case Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Supreme Court in Kampala has ordered a fresh hearing in a case in which businessman Hamis Kiggundu is seeking to recover more than 120 billion Shillings from Diamond Trust Bank Uganda and Diamond …
Read More »SUPREME COURT: $11m DTB loan to Hamis Kiggundu legal
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Supreme Court has today given its judgment in the Ham Enterprises and Hamis Kiggudu vs Diamond Trust Bank case. Court says the loan to Kiggundu was legal. (read full judgment below ) Businessman Kiggundu had petitioned the Supreme Court in Kampala asking them …
Read More »DTB CASE: Supreme Court summons 17 law firms
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Supreme Court Registrar has summoned lawyers from 17 law firms for a pre-hearing conference scheduled to commence on Thursday. The conference, presided over by Lady Justice Elizabeth Musoke, aims to address legal matters and establish the framework for arguments and submission timelines in …
Read More »U.S. Supreme Court decision creates confusion over firearm restrictions
New York, U.S. | Xinhua | Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a New York law limiting the concealed carry of handguns in public areas, there has been an increasing lack of clarity on gun restrictions, reported ABC News on Friday. “The decision really opens up a whole new way of …
Read More »400 U.S. troops sent to border as Supreme Court halts lifting asylum-limiting policy
Houston, U.S. | Xinhua | The U.S. state Texas on Monday deployed more than 400 National Guard troops and other personnel to El Paso, a city bordering Mexico, as the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily halted the termination of an asylum-limiting policy during the COVID-19 pandemic. The deployment aims “to safeguard the …
Read More »Lango region mourns Justice Opio Aweri
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lango sub-region has received with shock the news of the demise of Supreme Court Justice, Ruby Opio Aweri. He passed on Wednesday morning from Mulago National Referral Hospital where he was admitted two weeks ago. His death shocked the entire sub-region where people described him as …
Read More »Supreme Court Justice Ruby Opio is dead
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Supreme Court Judge, Ruby Opio Aweri is dead. In a brief message, Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo said Justice Opio breathed his last at Mulago Specialised Hospital in Kampala today, Wednesday 7th December 2022. He however didn’t divulge details. Justice Opio joined the Judiciary as a …
Read More »NRM’s Oscar Kihika appointed Court of Appeal Justice
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has appointed Oscar Kihika, the National Resistance Movement Director for Legal Services as a Justice of the Court of Appeal. In a press statement issued on Wednesday, the Presidential Press Secretary Sandor Walusimbi, said that the names of Kihika and the …
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