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Ukraine presidency rejects court authority after new chief justice named
Head of the Ukrainian presidential secretariat Viktor Baloha said Friday that the Constitutional Court of Ukraine [official website; JURIST news archive] has lost its authority with Thursday's appointment of Valeri Pshenischny as chief justice a (More) |
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Ukraine Constitutional Court chief resigns as dissolution deliberations continue
Ivan Dombrovsky, chairperson of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine [official website; JURIST news archive], resigned without elaboration Thursday as the 18-judge court continued to deliberate the constitutionality of Ukrainian President Viktor Yush (More) |
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Ukraine Constitutional Court to review judge dismissals
Members of the Ukranian Parliament have requested that the Ukrainian Constitutional Court rule on the legality of President Viktor Yushchenko's dismissal of three judges from its bench, according to the court's information office Tuesday. (More) |
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Ukraine court to rule on second Yushchenko dissolution decree
The Ukrainian Constitutional Court announced Monday that it will consider whether a second decree by Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko [official website; BBC profile] to dissolve parliament and hold early June elections was constitutional. The (More) |
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Ukraine president dismisses third Constitutional Court judge
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko [official website; BBC profile] has dismissed a third judge from the Ukrainian Constitutional Court , little more than a week after dismissing two others for alleged oath and ethics violations . The Russian Itar (More) |
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Ukraine president appoints new Constitutional Court judge as decree ruling looms
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko Friday appointed a new judge to the nation's Constitutional Court , the second such appointment in two days. Stepan Havrysh and Vasyl Kostytsky will replace two judges Yuschenko dismissed earlier this we (More) |
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Ukraine president dismisses second Constitutional Court judge
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko [official website; BBC profile] dismissed a second judge from the Ukrainian Constitutional Court Tuesday, just one day after dismissing judge Valeriy Pshenichny for an "oath violation." Deputy Chairw (More) |
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Ukraine president dismisses high court judge as dissolution decree ruling awaited
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko [official website; BBC profile] dismissed Ukrainian Constitutional Court Judge Valeriy Pshenichny from office for an "oath violation," according to the presidential press service Monday. No details we (More) |
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Ukraine elections postponed as constitutional court weighs dissolution decree
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko [official website; BBC profile] announced in a national address Wednesday that he was postponing until June 24 parliamentary elections originally scheduled for May 27 to avoid funding problems and allow more ti (More) |
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Ukraine court hearing on dissolution decree delayed by protesters
Protests delayed a Wednesday Ukrainian Constitutional Court hearing to determine the legality of the April 2 decree [text; Yushchenko statement] by Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko [official website; BBC profile] that ordered parliament dissolv (More) |
India sues Union Carbide over Bhopal industrial disaster
On April 8, 1985, the government of India filed a lawsuit against the Union Carbide Corporation for the Bhopal industrial disaster in which forty-two tons of methyl isocyanate gas was released from the pesticide plant of a Union Carbide subsidiary in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. The disaster initially killed 2,000 Indians and injured another 200,000. These injuries led to another 16,000 deaths as a result of exposure to the gas. In 1989, the parties reached a $470 million settlement out of court.
Learn more about the Bhopal industrial disaster from the Bhopal Gas Tragedy Relief and Rehabilitation Department of the government of Madhya Pradesh.
