Law
News about judgements of the courts and articles regarding specific laws of the land that matter.
‘Customs and rituals of a particular community systematically targeted’: BJP MP Manoj Tiwari moves Supreme Court against ban on firecrackers
In the PIL, Manor Tiwari said that states are violating Supreme Court order against blanket ban on firecrackers
Kerala HC initiates suo motu contempt case against PFI after the organisation called for 1 day hartal, created violence, post arrest of Islamists
The Court has impleaded PFI State General Secretary A Abdul Sathar as an additional respondent in the case and has directed the State government to file a report. The matter will be taken up next on September 29.
Reports say govt may set up panel to ‘study condition of Dalits who convert to Islam or Christianity’: Why we need to tread carefully
With several such pleas pending in the court, that demand reservation for "Dalit Christians" and "Dalit Muslims", according to media reports, the government is now mulling setting up a panel to study the condition of those Dalits who convert to Christianity or Islam.
Karnataka govt argues in SC that like cow slaughter on Eid, Hijab not covered under Article 25, objects to claims of religious right
Muslim side in the hijab case in Supreme Court claimed that hijab is a religious right guaranteed under Article 25
Places of Worship Act: A law against principles of Natural Justice, that says Hindus should have demanded justice before we got independence
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The Places of Worship Act was passed by the Congress-led govt of PV Narasimha Rao in 1991 when the illegal Babri Mosque was still standing on top of Ram Janmabhoomi
CBI says no criminality found in Niira Radia tapes, Supreme Court directs it to file a status report
CBI informed the Supreme Court that no wrongdoing was discovered in the intercepted discussions of Niira Radia
First conviction under UP’s anti-conversion law: Afzal who posed as Arman Kohli to kidnap a minor Hindu girl sent to jail for 5 years
Afzal who posed as Arman Kohli to kidnap a minor Hindu girl becomes the first to be convicted under UP's anti-conversion law
Neither ‘Dara Hua’ nor ‘Jai Bheem’: As Muslim side declares Ambedkar’s views on Hijab ‘offensive’ in SC, it’s time for a reality check
Supreme Court is hearing petitions challenging Karnataka HC order banning Hijab in educational institutes
Youtuber who had questioned release of Maridhas, went on a tirade against Nupur Sharma, sentenced to jail for 6 months in contempt of court...
Madras HC sentenced Youtuber Savakku Shankar to 6 months in prison in a contempt of court case pertaining to release of Maridhas
Hijab hearing in SC: Muslim parties cancel Dr Ambedkar’s statement quoted in HC judgement, call it ‘deeply offensive’ and ‘biased’
“Ambedkar’s statement, although he was a pillar, is a deeply offensive statement. It is not a statement that should be repeated in India, great though he may have been. (It was a) totally biased statement,” senior advocate Gonsalves, representing some of the Muslim girls, said to SC.
