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PIL filed in Supreme Court seeking formation of Renaming Commission to identify ancient, historical, religious places named after foreign invaders

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Ashwini Upadhyay files PIL is Supreme Court seeking direction to the union home ministry to form a ‘Renaming Commission’
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“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
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Supreme Court rejects Hindu Sena’s PIL seeking a complete ban on BBC, says Court cannot impose censorship

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"The plea was ill-conceived, and the Court cannot impose censorship", a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and MM Sundresh ruled.
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Supreme Court defers urgent hearing over Joshimath land sinking incidents after taking a different approach on Haldwani land encroachment case

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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.
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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.
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New CJI Justice Chandrachud dismisses urgent listing of petition against stubble burning saying it won’t end pollution: Here are the facts

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CJI said that the e matter of stubble burning is not judicially amendable, and therefore the court can’t take it up immediately.
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Allahabad HC seeks response over plea challenging Waqf Act, filed through advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain: Here is what you need to know

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The petitioner argued that provisions of the Waqf Act do not comply with the principles of natural justice.
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‘Customs and rituals of a particular community systematically targeted’: BJP MP Manoj Tiwari moves Supreme Court against ban on firecrackers

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In the PIL, Manor Tiwari said that states are violating Supreme Court order against blanket ban on firecrackers
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‘Temples cater to larger needs of society’: Supreme Court gives sermons to Hindus, doubts necessity of revisiting 1863 Religious Endowments Act

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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."
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Madras High Court fines lawyer for plea against mask mandate, dismisses petition saying that people can’t inhale oxygen due to masks

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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.
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