The move on Thursday requires Attorney General Pam Bondi to expedite the process under the Drug Enforcement Administration for reclassifying marijuana.
A substantial number of redactions are needed, one of the sources said, and the documents each attorney has been processing since Thanksgiving week can number more than 1,000 -- a time-consuming task that will likely come down to the wire. Sensitivities around executive and legal privacy, vi
The Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Thursday passed the Hate Speech and Hate Crimes Prevention Bill, 2025, to curb acts that promote enmity, hatred, and disharmony among individuals and communities.
Despite alarming levels of child abuse in Pakistan, conviction rates remain extremely low, leaving victims without justice. Experts and rights bodies cite weak investigations, delayed legal processes and systemic failures, highlighting the urgent need for legal and institutional reforms to p
Defining hate speech, Parameshwara said it refers to "the communication of hate speech by making, publishing, or circulating, or any act of promoting, propagating, inciting, abetting, or attempting such hate speech to cause disharmony or feelings of enmity, hatred, or ill-will against any
The arrests of the 35 crew members aboard were made for violation of the Maritime Zones of India (MZI) (Regulation of Fishing by Foreign Vessels) Act, 1981. The presence of active fishing gear and approximately 500 kilograms of fish catch on the boats strongly indicated ongoing fishing op
The four new labour codes are an attempt to modernise India's labour framework while balancing ease of doing business with worker protection, Supreme Court Judge Justice Manmohan said while addressing the "Decoding the Codes" conference organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (C
Wife of the late journalist Pankaj Mishra, Laxmi Mishra, along with his brother, Arvind Mishra, met Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and apprised him of the circumstances surrounding his death. Expressing deep sorrow over the incident, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that "the s
A fresh appeal has been filed through senior advocate Ashok Agarwal against a recent judgment of a Single Bench of the High Court, which upheld the validity of the Class VI admission test at CM SHRI Schools.
Terming the objections raised by fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi as lacking substance, the Court of Cassation of Belgium has dismissed his appeal against extradition to India, affirming that he failed to establish any legal or factual ground warranting interference with earlier orders p
"I have demanded that annual health checkups should be made a legal right. If every citizen of this country gets a complete health check-up done once every year, then it is possible that the disease which may take a very serious form 10 years from now, can be cured by taking just two medi