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
Category: Legal
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
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