The recent press release by the U.S. Department of Justice marks a decisive policy shift in the administration of capital punishment in the United States, signalling a renewed commitment to the federal death penalty after a period of relative dormancy. At the core of the announcement is the formal rescission of the earlier moratorium on federal executions and a directive to actively pursue and implement capital sentences in cases deemed appropriate. The Department has reinsta

The enactment of An Act respecting the laicity of the State  by Quebec in 2019 represents a deliberate legislative effort to redefine the contours of secularism within a constitutional democracy. Unlike abstract articulations of neutrality, the statute transforms laicity into a binding legal norm, compelling state institutions to not only uphold but visibly demonstrate religious neutrality. The law declares Quebec a “lay State” and grounds this assertion in four princip

The recent jury verdict in the U.S. against Meta and Google marks a turning point in how courts view social media liability. A California jury held both companies negligent for contributing to a young user’s mental health harm , awarding about $6 million in damages. The case focused not on harmful content, but on platform design features like autoplay, infinite scroll, and algorithm-driven engagement that allegedly foster addiction. Legally, this shifts the debate from inter

The Supreme Court’s latest intervention on student suicides marks one of its most expansive engagements with the crisis of mental health in India’s higher education system. In Amit Kumar v. Union of India a Bench of the Supreme Court of India led by Justices J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan moved decisively beyond criminal law formalism to confront the structural and institutional failures that continue to place students at risk. The case arose from an earlier clarification

The Supreme Court’s decision in Dinesh Biwaji Ashtikar v. State of Maharashtra  (2026 INSC 56) is a quiet but profound reminder that the right to education under Article 21A is not meant to exist only on paper. It is a judgment that speaks less about an individual grievance that has already become infructuous, and more about a systemic constitutional failure that continues to deny children from weaker and disadvantaged sections meaningful access to schooling promised by law.

In a judgment of immense consequence for the legal fraternity and the criminal justice system, the Supreme Court has drawn a clear constitutional and statutory line against the practice of investigating agencies summoning lawyers for questioning merely because they represented an accused or gave a legal opinion. The Court, speaking through Justice K. Vinod Chandran, emphatically held that such summons, without falling within the narrow exceptions of law, are illegal and an a

In a significant move to address public safety concerns, the Canadian government has introduced the Bail and Sentencing Reform Act, proposing the most substantial changes to the Criminal Code’s bail system in decades. The reforms aim to make it harder for individuals accused of certain violent and repeat offences to be released while awaiting trial. A key feature is the introduction of new "reverse onus" provisions for charges like violent car theft, break and entering, and

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