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'Jai Shri Ram' slogan inside mosque: How shouting particular religious phrase an offence? Supreme Court asksThe Supreme Court questioned the criminalization of the "Jai Shri Ram" slogan. The court heard a plea against a Karnataka High Court ruling...
Don't throttle students: SC pulls up Karnataka govt for conducting board exams for various classesThe Supreme Court has ordered the Karnataka government not to declare the results of board exams for classes 8, 9, and 10 until further not...
Both factions of Shiv Sena spar with each other at EC hearingThe two factions are pleading their case on why the Shiv Sena party name and its bow and arrow symbol should be allotted to them and not th...
Karnataka Hijab ban: Not very fair to compare with practices in Sikhism, says SCA bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia observed this after an advocate, appearing for one of the petitioners in the case, ga...
Will right to dress include right to undress also, asks SCAppearing on behalf of a clutch of petitioners who challenged the ruling of the Karnataka high court that hijab was not an essential practi...
SC to hear on July 11 fresh plea against appointment of Eknath Shinde as Maha CMThe Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear on July 11 a fresh plea of the Uddhav Thackeray led faction challenging appointment of Eknath Sh...
Uddhav camp fields SC lawyer to 'scare' rebel MLAs; another Minister flies off to GuwahatiBy fielding an SC lawyer, Shiv Sena is trying to send a message to the rebels. The party knows the rebels do not want to merge with the BJP...
Supreme Court refuses to entertain plea seeking disclosure of PM-CARES FundHe said the High Court dismissed the petition relying on CPIL (judgment of the top court) and stated that the High Court was not correct in...
Hijab ban: Supreme Court refuses urgent hearing on pleas against Karnataka court verdictOn March 16, the apex court had agreed to list for hearing after Holi vacation the pleas challenging the Karnataka High Court verdict which...
Supreme Court verdict on hijab not disputed by AG: Petitioners' counselMaking his rejoinder before a full bench of chief justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justices JM Khazi and Krishna S Dixit, senior counsel Devada...
HC asks counsels in Hijab case to wind up their argument by Friday, hints delivering order shortlyThe Chief Justice of the High Court Ritu Raj Awasthi, who is part of the three-judge bench, told the counsels that that the arguments shoul...
PIL business stealing attention from other important matters: Supreme Court"This is the fresh SLP challenging the expansion of Karbar port. According to us no environmental clearance (EC) has been taken. The SLP (s...
Karnataka: Hijab innocent display of faith, not jingoism, says petitioners' counsel Devadatt KamatDevadatt Kamat referred to a judgement of a South African court where a Hindu girl was permitted to wear a nose ring to school. "This case ...
Karnataka Notification Violates Article 25 of Constitution: PetitionersThe Karnataka notification allowed college development committees to prescribe uniforms, but they don't have the backing of law, petitioner...
New twist to hijab row: Allow us to wear headscarf matching colour of school uniform, say students to HC"I am not only challenging the GO but also asking for a positive mandate for allowing me to wear a headscarf of the same colour of the unif...
Wearing hijab essential part of Islam? Karnataka HC to resume hearing todaySenior advocate Devadatt Kamat, appearing for the students, prayed for an interim order in the court of Justice Krishna S Dixit.
Transparency in polls: SC seeks response of Centre, election commissionA bench headed by CJI Dipak Misra issued notices to the Law ministry Election Commission of India and sought their replies in four weeks.