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PIL filed in Supreme Court seeking formation of Renaming Commission to identify ancient, historical, religious places named after foreign invaders
Ashwini Upadhyay files PIL is Supreme Court seeking direction to the union home ministry to form a ‘Renaming Commission’
“Cruel, inhuman and barbarous”: PIL filed in Kerala HC seeking to declare the practice of non-therapeutic circumcision on children as a crime
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Non-Religious Citizens (NRC) and five other persons have filed a PIL in Kerala HC seeking to declare non-therapeutic circumcision on children as a crime
Supreme Court rejects Hindu Sena’s PIL seeking a complete ban on BBC, says Court cannot impose censorship
"The plea was ill-conceived, and the Court cannot impose censorship", a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and MM Sundresh ruled.
Supreme Court defers urgent hearing over Joshimath land sinking incidents after taking a different approach on Haldwani land encroachment case
The decision comes despite the fact that 610 buildings in Joshimath had developed large cracks and 60 families had already been moved to temporary shelters.
Can’t blame religious processions for communal riots: Supreme Court dismisses plea seeking regulation of religious processions
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NGO Citizens for Justice and Peace had filed a PIL seeking guidelines to regulate religious processions where people brandish weapons.
New CJI Justice Chandrachud dismisses urgent listing of petition against stubble burning saying it won’t end pollution: Here are the facts
CJI said that the e matter of stubble burning is not judicially amendable, and therefore the court can’t take it up immediately.
Allahabad HC seeks response over plea challenging Waqf Act, filed through advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain: Here is what you need to know
The petitioner argued that provisions of the Waqf Act do not comply with the principles of natural justice.
‘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
‘Temples cater to larger needs of society’: Supreme Court gives sermons to Hindus, doubts necessity of revisiting 1863 Religious Endowments Act
SC questioned the need to revise the 1863 Religious Endowments Act, noting that the statute has enabled temples to serve "larger needs of the society."
Madras High Court fines lawyer for plea against mask mandate, dismisses petition saying that people can’t inhale oxygen due to masks
The Madras High Court dismissed the lawyer's plea and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on him. The petition was filed against the order of the Tamilnadu government making masks compulsory in Chennai.
