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Digital news outlet The News Minute and its Editor-in-Chief Dhanya Rajendran have moved the Supreme Court seeking permission to intervene in thelong-pending caseconcerning the scope of legislative privileges under Article 194(3) of the Constitution and their interplay with the fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression under Article 19(1)(a).

EU governments cannot automatically put asylum applications on hold because applicants already have temporary protection, the Court of Justice ruled on Thursday. The judgment limits the use of the emergency scheme for people fleeing Ukraine as grounds to postpone examining their individual claims.

Bulgaria, Hungary and Slovakia are the only EU countries that have not committed to joining a tribunal for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Justice Commissioner Michael McGrath named them on Friday, while outlining what still stands between European pledges and a working court: unresolved costs and security arrangements.