Kenyan Court Addresses Fuel Hike Protesters
Protesters demonstrating against fuel price hikes disrupted court proceedings in Nairobi. Later, ten of the arrested protesters were released on Sh3,000 cash bail each by the court.
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Protesters demonstrating against fuel price hikes disrupted court proceedings in Nairobi. Later, ten of the arrested protesters were released on Sh3,000 cash bail each by the court.

The Sofia City Court will summon an investigator for questioning in the case against Petio Petrov, known as 'Euroto,' concerning large-scale document fraud.

A Tbilisi City Court approved the deportation of journalist Afgan Sadigov to Azerbaijan following his late-night arrest over alleged social media insults.

Protesters Tornike Toshkhua and Mindia Shervashidze have been sentenced to one year in prison by the Tbilisi City Court after being found guilty of group violence.

The Sofia City Court has postponed the hearing in the plagiarism case against Petar Iliev, the honorary consul of Barbados, until April, with a witness and victim Natalia Kiselova summoned for the session.

A Bulgarian news overview highlights anticipated decisions from the Central Election Commission regarding polling stations abroad and a ruling from the Sofia City Court.

The Riga City Court has declared SIA 'Skai Baltija', the operator of the 'Sky' supermarket chain, insolvent.

The Bulgarian Constitutional Court will rule on the electoral rights of convicted persons, following a request from the Sofia City Court to declare provisions in the Electoral Code unconstitutional.

The Vatican City court of appeal has overturned the conviction of Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu, who was sentenced to 5.5 years in prison for embezzlement in 2023, along with the verdicts against eight other defendants.

A prosecutor in Latvia has sent a criminal case to the Riga City Court against an Estonian citizen accused of evading over 900,000 euros in taxes, causing significant losses to the state.
A 61-year-old man has confessed to possessing revolvers and amphetamines, leading a judge in Copenhagen City Court to remand him in custody for 27 days.

A 16-year-old boy, known as 'Mr. Killer,' has been found guilty by the Copenhagen City Court of complicity in two attempted murders and an explosion in Copenhagen.

The Riga City Court has approved a request from the Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB) to suspend the activities of the political party 'Jaunā Saskaņa' for one month and ordered the party to repay illegally obtained funds.

Rovier Carrington thought his cases against MTV and Paramount executives should have been the biggest of the #MeToo era. Instead, they raised unsettling questions about victimhood One unseasonably warm afternoon in February 2023, in a very brown New York City courtroom, Rovier Carrington did the inconceivable: he admitted to a lie. On that day, the aspiring screenwriter told a federal judge that he had altered evidence to support his legal claim of being systematically raped and blacklisted b...

MANILA, Philippines – The Pasay City Regional Trial Court Branch 297 has dismissed the petition filed by contractor Pacifico “Curlee” Discaya as it affirmed the Senate’s authority to cite him in contempt. In a decision promulgated February 23, the court said Discaya failed to provide evidence that the Senate committed grave abuse of discretion in

A senior assistant at Hong Kong’s Immigration Department has pleaded guilty to repeatedly throttling his wife and five-year-old son during arguments, as heard in Kowloon City Court.
Ahmed Samsam and his younger brother have been acquitted of charges of glorifying terrorism by the Eastern High Court in Denmark. The High Court upheld the earlier acquittal by the City Court.

A Riga City Court has ordered the arrest of city council deputy Aleksejs Rosļikovs, who is accused of inciting national hatred, after he traveled to Belarus.

A Riga city court has begun hearing the case against a group of individuals accused of arson carried out on behalf of Russian special services.

A Mumbai city court judge lost Rs 93,000 in a fake app scam after contacting a fraudulent customer care service listed online to address an issue with his phone's screen on March 30.

A Pasig City court has ordered the inspection of six properties, including two in the National Capital Region, belonging to the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) sect, founded by alleged sex offender Apollo Quiboloy.

A Ho Chi Minh City court ordered Vietnam's largest cinema chain to pay over VND3.8 billion (US$144,000) to a British executive who was demoted and fired, concluding a decade-long legal battle.

A high-stakes dispute concerning good legal practice was settled in Copenhagen City Court, where top lawyer Arvid Andersen secured a partial victory against the Lawyers' Disciplinary Board, his former client.

Fishermen previously acquitted of fatal violence have been awarded an additional 235,600 kroner in compensation by a city court, following their acquittal in the death of a colleague on a cutter.

The Sofia City Court is set to hear the case for the early release of Evelin Banev, also known as Brendo, after the appellate court ruled that the case should be considered on its merits.

The City Court has once again postponed the verdict in the case against Markus Hvass, known from the TV program 'The Neighbor from Hell,' who is accused of harassment.
A Danish High Court has partially disagreed with a city court judge's assessment of suspicion in the case concerning the abduction of a young girl in Haderslev.
A 16-year-old boy has been found guilty by the Copenhagen City Court and sentenced to 16 years in prison for his involvement in coordinating two attempted murders and a bombing in Copenhagen.

The Sofia City Court has begun proceedings against 18-year-old Valentin Asenov, who is accused of a fatal ATV accident in Sofia that killed one person and injured another. The court ordered him to remain in custody.

The Riga City Court has sentenced two former drivers of ex-Riga mayor Nils Ušakovs to prison terms and ordered them to pay significant compensation for large-scale fraud at 'Rīgas satiksme'.
In the Čurillovci case, police officers are requesting a halt to their prosecution, with the city court judge emphasizing that if the indictment were accepted despite serious errors, the accused would have to be acquitted.

A Quezon City court has sentenced a mother to imprisonment after she pleaded guilty to selling her own child. The judgment affirmed her guilty plea.
A Danish prosecutor has escalated the demand for a prison sentence against Ahmed Samsam and his younger brother in the high court, after they were previously acquitted of terror approval charges in the city court.

The Sofia City Court has rejected a claim for the confiscation of property valued at over 2-3 million leva from Traicho Traikov, the current caretaker Minister of Energy.

Latvian prosecutors have sent a criminal case against businessman Oskars Zeiza to the Riga City Court, accusing him of sexual violence, distribution of pornographic material depicting violent sexual acts, and intentional theft of property.

The Sofia City Court has denied the early release of Evelin Banev-Brendo, stating that he has not served more than half of his sentence and that the prison administration miscalculated the time.

Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro appeared in a New York City court for his defense in a drug trafficking case, with his son expressing trust in the US legal system despite claims of 'kidnapping,' as a judge refused to dismiss charges.

The Riga City Court has begun hearing the case against Māris Kupčs, a suspended lecturer from the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music, who is accused of rape and sexual violence against two students but denies the charges.

The Department of Justice has transferred three flood control cases involving SYMS Construction Trading to the Quezon City Court, with pre-trial scheduled for April.

On March 6, the prosecutor of the Tax and Customs Affairs Prosecutor's Office sent a criminal case to the Riga City Court against an Estonian citizen for tax evasion, causing the state losses exceeding 900,000 euros.

The first case of alleged election fraud in the Faroe Islands, involving a cross on a ballot paper, is set to be heard by the High Court after the City Court acquitted the accused.
A 16-year-old Swedish boy has been sentenced to 16 years in prison by the Copenhagen City Court in Denmark.

The Sofia City Court has convicted seven individuals for their involvement in an organized criminal group responsible for large-scale real estate fraud, which operated from January 2016 to March 2018 in Sofia.

The Sofia City Court has postponed the trial for the death of 14-year-old Filip Arsov, who was run over in September 2023, due to an uncompleted expert report, as the experts were reportedly busy.

A senior officer with Hong Kong’s Auxiliary Medical Service has been suspended after being arrested and charged with indecent assault against a female colleague. Chief Staff Officer Alex Wong Ying‑keung was taken into custody this month, the South China Morning Post has learned. The victim was reportedly a senior female colleague. Wong has been charged with one count of indecent assault. The case is scheduled to be mentioned at Kowloon City Court on Wednesday. The investigation had been taken...

Tbilisi City Court set bail at GEL 30,000 (about USD 11,000) for Nika Gvaramia, leader of the opposition Ahali party, in a criminal case in which he, along with several other major opposition leaders, faces years in prison on “sabotage” charges. The bail came almost two weeks after his release from prison, where he served …