Original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court is circumscribed by the relevant provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) and the Supreme Court (Additional ...

In short, Article III, Section 2 states that the Supreme Court shall have “original jurisdiction” in all cases affecting “Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, ...

However, under Section 315(b) of ACRE, the Commonwealth Court has original jurisdiction over landowner actions to invalidate an ordinance or enjoin its enforcement; notably, ...

Original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court is circumscribed by the relevant provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) and the Supreme Court (Additional ...

What People Are Saying. In his dissenting opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas accused the Supreme Court majority of having an ...

He, thus, suggested that the court’s original jurisdiction may be restructured as a commercial side, with commercial disputes beyond a certain pecuniary value being heard by the SHC.

There are real questions about the scope of congressional power to regulate the Supreme Court. If Congress has complete control over the court’s appellate jurisdiction, then there are no real ...

As one of the safeguard mechanisms, the Supreme Court is vested with exclusive original jurisdiction to determine the constitutionality or otherwise of any enactment, rule, ...

Senate Speaker Pro Tempore Bart Hester, R-Cave Springs, said Monday a bill that would grant the Arkansas Court of Appeals original jurisdiction of certain constitutional challenges to state law is ...

In his order, Justice M Nagaprasanna has held that the defect of jurisdiction of the original authority cannot be cured by the Appellate Authority though he had jurisdiction to consider the appeal.