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| Aug.23 |
 New Delhi |
Indians have right to privacy, court says India's Supreme Court says citizens have a fundamental right to privacy, in a landmark ruling
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| Apr.30 |
 Nepal |
Nepal's first female chief justice faces impeachment Sushila Karki has been suspended after the two largest parties in the ruling coalition filed an impeachment motion against her
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| Nov.30 |
India |
 Taj Mahal: India monument 'not a Hindu temple'   India's government has refuted claims by a group of lawyers that the Taj Mahal monument was a Hindu temple
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| Dec.11 |
New Delhi |
India's Supreme Court declares homosexual sex illegal Sex between consenting homosexual partners is once again illegal in India after the country's Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling
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| Aug.26 |
New Delhi |
India lower house approves food bill India's lower house of parliament has passed a controversial Food Security Bill that aims to provide subsidised food to two-thirds of the po...
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| Feb.17 |
 Bangladesh |
Bangladesh protests spark law change Parliament has amended a law which will allow the state to appeal against the life sentence of an Islamist party leader
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| Feb.3 |
New Delhi |
India president backs rape laws Pranab Mukherjee has approved harsher punishment for rapists, including the death penalty, after the gang rape of a student
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| Jan.23 |
New Delhi |
India urged to reform rape trials A commission set up to suggest reforms to India's rape laws after last month's gang rape of a student has called for faster trials
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| Jan.1 |
New Delhi |
Minister: Name Delhi rape law after victim An Indian minister has called on the authorities to reveal the name of the gang-rape victim so that a new anti-rape law can be named after h...
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| Feb.10 |
 Pakistan |
Pakistani court gives spy agency ultimatum Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) could face an unprecedented challenge from the nation's high court a lawyer representing victims urged contempt...
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| Sep.30 |
India |
Verdict divides India holy site Map of Ayodhya India| A court has said that a disputed holy site in Ayodhya should be split between Hindus and Muslims, but both sides plan to appeal. Judges gave control of the main disputed section to Hindus.... | |
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| Dec.16 |
Pakistan |
Politicians lose amnesty Supreme Court declared on that an amnesty that had protected politicians, including President Zardari, was unconstitutional
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| Aug.16 |
 Afghanistan |
Row over Afghan wife-starving law A bill allowing a husband to starve his wife if she refuses to have sex has been published in the official gazette and become law
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| Mar.21 |
Pakistan |
Judge Chaudhry regains top post| Sacked Supreme Court chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry has formally returned to his post following months of mass protests | |
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| Mar.15 |
Pakistan |
Judge sacked by Musharraf to return Responding to massive protests, the government through executive order will restore the seat of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry
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| Sep.5 |
Pakistan |
Three top judges return
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| Jun.13 |
Pakistan |
Thousands march for fired judges
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| May.2 |
Pakistan |
Fired judges getting jobs back Former Prime Minister Sharif said that the ruling coalition on May 12 will reinstate judges who were ousted by President Musharraf last year
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| Nov.22 |
Pakistan |
 Court upholds Musharraf election Pakistan's new Supreme Court has dismissed the final legal challenge to the recent re-election of President Musharraf
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| Nov.19 |
Pakistan |
Anti-Musharraf petitions rejected The Supreme Court, packed with judges appointed in recent days by Musharraf, dismissed 5 major petitions contesting the validity of his re-e...
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| Sep.28 |
Pakistan |
Musharraf wins ruling on army role | Supreme Court dismissed legal challenges to President's bid for a new five-year term | |
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| Jul.20 |
Pakistan |
Supreme Court reinstates top judge| Court reinstated Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry, dealing a political blow to President Gen. Pervez Musharraf | |
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| Mar.19 |
Pakistan |
Judges quit in furore 7 judges resigned over government moves to sack the country's chief judge, and the leader of an opposition called for more protests
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| Mar.12 |
Pakistan |
Country's top judge suspended| Lawyers protest against Musharraf. They have boycotted courts across Pakistan in protest at President's | |
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| Nov.15 |
Pakistan |
Pakistan votes to amend rape laws The national assembly has voted to amend the strict Sharia laws on rape and adultery
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