Law

News about judgements of the courts and articles regarding specific laws of the land that matter.

Opinions

Reports say govt may set up panel to ‘study condition of Dalits who convert to Islam or Christianity’: Why we need to tread carefully

Nupur J Sharma - 23 September, 2022

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.

News Reports

Karnataka govt argues in SC that like cow slaughter on Eid, Hijab not covered under Article 25, objects to claims of religious right

OpIndia Staff - 22 September, 2022

Muslim side in the hijab case in Supreme Court claimed that hijab is a religious right guaranteed under Article 25

Opinions

Places of Worship Act: A law against principles of Natural Justice, that says Hindus should have demanded justice before we got independence

Sachin R - 22 September, 2022

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

News Reports

CBI says no criminality found in Niira Radia tapes, Supreme Court directs it to file a status report

OpIndia Staff - 21 September, 2022

CBI informed the Supreme Court that no wrongdoing was discovered in the intercepted discussions of Niira Radia

News Reports

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

OpIndia Staff - 18 September, 2022

Afzal who posed as Arman Kohli to kidnap a minor Hindu girl becomes the first to be convicted under UP's anti-conversion law

Opinions

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

Nupur J Sharma - 16 September, 2022

Supreme Court is hearing petitions challenging Karnataka HC order banning Hijab in educational institutes

Law

Youtuber who had questioned release of Maridhas, went on a tirade against Nupur Sharma, sentenced to jail for 6 months in contempt of court...

OpIndia Staff - 16 September, 2022

Madras HC sentenced Youtuber Savakku Shankar to 6 months in prison in a contempt of court case pertaining to release of Maridhas

News Reports

Hijab hearing in SC: Muslim parties cancel Dr Ambedkar’s statement quoted in HC judgement, call it ‘deeply offensive’ and ‘biased’

OpIndia Staff - 16 September, 2022

“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.

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