Law

Supreme Court upholds demolition of Takiya mosque in Ujjain, points out that compensation was paid and action taken as per the law

The Supreme Court said that the petitioners were free to use available legal avenues for seeking compensation.

DMK govt moves Supreme Court challenging SIR of electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu, alleges violation of ‘fundamental rights’

The Supreme Court will hear the DMK's plea on November 11. The party is challenging the Election Commission's "Special Intensive Revision" of voter lists in Tamil Nadu, calling the exercise "unconstitutional" and a "threat to democratic rights."

Kerala HC upholds first wife’s right to be heard before registering second marriage of Muslim man, says Muslim Personal Law cannot override Constitutional principles

The High Court said that gender quality is a constitutional right of every citizen, men are not superior to women and that gender equality is not a women’s issue, but it is a human issue.

‘This isn’t a banana republic’: Kerala Judge criticises Police for arresting man with 10ml of Liquor

A Kerala court strongly criticised Valanchery Police for jailing a barber for seven days over just 10ml of liquor, charging him with intent to sell.

Hindus needed an order from Madras HC to hold a feast on public land, but Christians responded with protests: Dindigul tensions explained

Tensions rose in Dindigul as over 500 Christians protested a Madras High Court order. The court permitted a Hindu annadhanam on government land, rejecting the Christian community's claims of exclusive traditional use for Easter events.

Woman files divorce petition at Uttarakhand HC saying her husband does not follow Hindu rituals, claims her idols of deities were evicted by the...

A woman in Uttarakhand seeks divorce, claiming her husband isn't Hindu as he follows Saint Rampal and rejects Hindu customs like their son's naming ceremony.

Chhattisgarh HC upholds right of tribals to protect their culture from illegal missionary proselytization, says ‘Fraudulent conversion amounts to cultural coercion’

The High Court acknowledged that mass religious conversions disturb social harmony and target the cultural identities of tribal communities.

Indra Gandhi National Tribal University Professor granted relief in sexual harassment case: Read what Madhya Pradesh HC said

The court commented that she was a 30-year-old married woman as was the professor, and their private relationships could not fall under the jurisdiction of the University and its ICC.

Stray dog menace case: Supreme Court reiterates its directive mandating in-person appearance of Chief Secretaries of almost all States and UTs

Only the Chief Secretaries of Telangana and West Bengal are exempted from this directive.

Dharmasthala ‘mass burial’ hoax: ‘Activists’ who earlier campaigned for FIR registration in the case move the Karnataka High Court to quash it

Once the investigation begn focusing on the role of the 4 'activists', they quickly went to the Karnataka High Court to have the entire case thrown out.

Latest News

Recently Popular