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Sanjib Bose vs State of West Bengal SLP Registered at Supreme Court in Criminal Matter
A criminal Special Leave Petition from West Bengal was listed before India’s Supreme Court
Virginia Ex-Assistant Principal Spared Prison While Case Over Student Shooting of Teacher Dismissed
A Virginia judge cleared a former school administrator of responsibility in a landmark student gun violence case
Supreme Court Asked to Block Maryland Sensitive Places Firearms Ban
Gun rights groups sought emergency Supreme Court intervention to prevent Maryland from enforcing its new gun carry restrictions
Kumud Lall Medical Negligence Judgment Clarifies Liability Can Survive a Doctor’s Death
A landmark Supreme Court ruling in Kumud Lall vs Suresh Chandra Roy held that financial liability in medical negligence cases passes to the estate of a deceased doctor
Cook County Judge Rejects Appointment of Special Prosecutor Over Alleged ICE Abuses
An Illinois court refused to appoint a special prosecutor to probe allegations of ICE misconduct in the Chicago area
Chicago City Council Passes Law Barring Officers with Far-Right Group Ties from Police Force
Chicago enacted a new ordinance making membership in certain extremist organisations grounds for dismissal from the police
DOJ Drops Chicago Anti-ICE Protest Charges Over Prosecutors’ Gross Misconduct
A federal court dismissed cases against anti-ICE activists after finding that the US government’s own prosecutors had behaved improperly
Taliban Marriage Law Provisions on Child Marriage Draw UN Condemnation
The United Nations formally condemned Afghanistan’s new personal status law saying it violated international human rights standards
Colorado Democrats Formally Censure Governor Polis in Rare Intraparty Rebuke
The Colorado Democratic Party censured its own sitting governor in an unusual move over his pardon of a 2020 election denier