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Photorealistic image of prison guards shaving a Rastafarian inmate's dreadlocks, illustrating a Supreme Court case on religious rights in prisons.
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Supreme Court bars damages suits against individual state prison officers under inmate religious-rights law

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The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, that Damon Landor, a Louisiana inmate who said guards forcibly shaved his dreadlocks in violation of his Rastafari faith, cannot seek money damages from the officers under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act.

The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that federal border officials can classify lawful permanent residents facing certain criminal allegations as applicants for admission upon return from travel abroad, even without a conviction. The 6-3 decision split along ideological lines and sided with the Trump administration in Blanche v. Lau.

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A Calcutta High Court judge disclosed his brother's BJP role while hearing Mamata Banerjee's challenge to the Bhabanipur election result and ordered the preservation of key election materials.

Lawyers from the Chama cha Gema Watho Association claim that 64 pages of the High Court judgment on Rigathi Gachagua's removal are missing.

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Chief Justice Martha Koome and several Cabinet Secretaries have made appointments and reappointments to key government institutions in a gazette notice dated June 12.

The High Court is expected to deliver its ruling on June 8 in the case of former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, who was removed from office in October 2024.

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A 79-year-old federal administrative law judge was arrested in Miami after allegedly cutting his wife with a butter knife during a domestic dispute. Gerald Foulds faces one count of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon causing bodily harm to an elderly person. The incident took place at the couple's home early Sunday morning.

 

 

 

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