The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Shular v. United States that “serious drug offense” requires only that the state offense involve the conduct specified in the statute; it does not require that the state offense match certain generic offenses. Ordinarily, a defendant convicted of being a felon
Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court ruled on that individuals have a right to a self-determined death. This ruling overturns a previous ban on professionally-assisted suicide. Section 217 of the German Criminal Code previously provided punishments of up to three years of imprisonment or a fine to anyone who,
The New York state bar application will no longer ask questions inquiring into mental health, Chief Judge Janet DiFore announced . DiFore made the announcement during her State of the Judiciary address. The goal is to protect law students seeking admission to the New York bar who
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra on announced a settlement agreement between state attorneys general, local subdivisions, and Mallinckrodt (MNK), its subsidiaries, and certain other affiliates. MNK, the largest generic opioid manufacturer in the US, agreed to pay $1.6 billion to a trust that will cover opioid addiction
The Supreme Court asked Poonam Jaidev Shroff, socialite estranged wife of industrialist Jaidev Shroff, to search for a house of her “choice” in Mumbai in a week’s time or it will direct the Bombay High Court registry to do the needful which will be binding
The Bombay High Court on directed two expert bodies to assess any adverse effect of expansion of a dumping ground in suburban Kanjurmarg on a flamingo sanctuary located in the vicinity. A division bench asked the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) and the National Environmental
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (February 26) declined to examine the report submitted by the interlocutors sating that the atmosphere is not ‘conducive’. The court was hearing the pleas that sought removal of protesters from South-east Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh where people have been sitting for
As Delhi continues to grapple with violence that broke out in the North-East district three days ago, authorities in Noida have imposed Section 144 of CrPC barring assembly of four or more people in an area. Security forces in the region have been put on
The Karnataka High Court today granted a week’s time to the state government to come up with a scheme to rehabilitate those migrant workers whose homes were razed as part of a demolition drive undertaken last month. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas
While dealing with a petition challenging the Hubli Bar Association resolution ordering lawyers not to appear for two Kashmiri students charged for sedition, the Karnataka High Court today stated that passing such resolutions will affect the image of the entire judiciary. The Division Bench of