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4 days ago · On 8 January 2024, Supreme Court of India ruled that the Gujarat government was not competent to grant remission and struck down the relief granted, in August 2022, to the 11 men who were sentenced to life imprisonment. The court ordered the 11 men to surrender to the jail authorities within 15 days.
2 days ago · Odin, the wanderer by Georg von Rosen (1886) Odin ( / ˈoʊdɪn /; [1] from Old Norse: Óðinn) is a widely revered god in Germanic paganism. Norse mythology, the source of most surviving information about him, associates him with wisdom, healing, death, royalty, the gallows, knowledge, war, battle, victory, sorcery, poetry, frenzy, and the ...
3 days ago · Genghis Khan (born Temüjin; c. 1162 – 25 August 1227), also Chinggis Khan, [a] was the founder and first khan of the Mongol Empire, which he ruled from 1206 until his death in 1227; it later became the largest contiguous empire in history.
Apr 14, 2024 · Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: Iran's Supreme Leader Who Vowed 'Revenge' On Israel. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wields constitutional authority over the judiciary, the armed forces as well as the elite...
Apr 25, 2024 · Brett Kavanaugh, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 2018. He was narrowly confirmed by the U.S. Senate following contentious hearings at which he was accused of having sexually assaulted a female acquaintance in the early 1980s, when both were high-school students.
Apr 19, 2024 · On April 26, 1930, Near v. Minnesota was docketed at the U.S. Supreme Court. It was the first time a First Amendment case involving prior restraints was heard at the court. The court itself had undergone significant change in March as a result of the deaths of Chief Justice William Howard Taft and Justice Edward Sanford.
Apr 7, 2024 · Sandra Day O’Connor (born March 26, 1930, El Paso, Texas, U.S.—died December 1, 2023, Phoenix, Arizona) was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006. She was the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court. A moderate conservative, she was known for her dispassionate and meticulously researched opinions.
