Chicago enacted a new ordinance making membership in certain extremist organisations grounds for dismissal from the police
Category: Legal
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
Supreme Court Hears SLP on Subhash Chand vs Shiv Kumar Gupta Property Dispute Case
The Supreme Court listed a civil property dispute as diary number 11062/2026 for hearing on May 22
Waqf Act Protest Committee Terms Supreme Court Interim Judgment Incomplete and Unsatisfactory
Muslim groups and legal experts criticised the Supreme Court’s interim order on the controversial Waqf Amendment Act
Senate Judiciary Democrats Demand Probe into DOJ Anti-Weaponization Fund Claiming It Aids Insurrectionists
Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden demanded an independent investigation of the DOJ’s controversial payment scheme
Congress Files Resolution Compelling Trump to Withdraw US Forces from Iran War
A bipartisan resolution invoking the War Powers Act was filed in Congress seeking to end US involvement in the Iran conflict
Supreme Court Orders High-Level Meeting to Enforce Free EWS Healthcare in Delhi Private Hospitals
India’s apex court has ordered officials to convene a high-level meeting to address private hospitals in Delhi failing to provide free healthcare to EWS patients.
SC Seeks Centre’s Response on Petition for 30 Percent Women’s Reservation in State Services
The Supreme Court has asked the central government to respond to a petition demanding 30% reservation for women in state government jobs.