No ‘substantial change’ in Sharia Law under UCC: Law Commission assures AIMPLBA delegation of the Muslim body led by its president Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani on Wednesday met the chairman of the Law Commission, ...
25 Aug, 2023, 12.54 AM IST
Law Commission has received 8.5 lakh responses so far on UCC: Chairman Ritu Raj AwasthiIf need be, the commission might call upon any individual or organisation for a personal hearing or discussion, the present law panel had s...
28 Jun, 2023, 07.21 PM IST
Situation from Kashmir to Kerala makes it must to retain sedition law: Law panel chiefWhile the government said it will take an "informed and reasoned" decision on the Law Commission report after consulting all stakeholders a...
27 Jun, 2023, 05.55 PM IST
Increase jail term in sedition cases to 7 years: Law commission recommendationThe current Section 124A of IPC reads as follows: "Sedition-Whoever by words, either spoken or written, or by signs, or by visible represen...
02 Jun, 2023, 07.38 PM IST
Law Commission considering to work on UCC, says Justice Ranjana Prakash DesaiDesai and members of the Uttarakhand panel met the Law Commission chairman, Justice (retired) Ritu Raj Awasthi, and members K T Sankaran, A...
02 Jun, 2023, 05.42 PM IST
No loudspeakers between 10 PM-6 AM in religious places, pubs, restaurants: High CourtA Division Bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Ashok S Kinagi directed the authorities to also carry out a drive to stop th...
17 Jun, 2022, 06.38 PM IST
HC indicates Karnataka Lokayukta appointment under active considerationThe Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, who is part of the panel along with the Chief Minister, Speaker of the Assembly, Chairman of the Legisl...
08 Jun, 2022, 01.44 PM IST
Centre gets two weeks to decide on finding a head for Central Industrial TribunalThe Central government Counsel Nishanth A V submitted that before the appointment of the Presiding Officer to the Tribunal, the Search-cum-...
24 May, 2022, 10.37 PM IST
Hijab Row: Karnataka HC to deliver judgment on TuesdayThe court, among other things, is seized of the question as to whether wearing of hijab forms an essential religious practice in Islam and ...
14 Mar, 2022, 08.43 PM IST
Congress padayatra disrupts traffic in Bengaluru, irks HCThe second leg of the padayatra culminated at the National College grounds on Thursday. The party had organised a padayatra to demand speed...
03 Mar, 2022, 06.18 PM IST
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...
24 Feb, 2022, 08.04 PM IST
If declared essential, dress will be forced on all, says AGOne of the petitioners, Hazra Shifa, said in Udupi that a mob attacked her brother and her family's restaurant. Reports said glass windows ...
23 Feb, 2022, 12.46 AM IST
Hijab row: Wish to finish hearing the case this week, says Karnataka HCThe full bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice J M Khazi and Justice Krishna M Dixit is hearing a batch of petitions by the girl...
22 Feb, 2022, 03.57 PM IST
Hijab ban in schools is creating hysteria, psychiatrist tells High CourtNeuro-psychiatrist Vinod G Kulkarni pleaded that the court permit girls to wear hijab with the uniform as it was 'not against public order ...
18 Feb, 2022, 01.02 PM IST
Hijab row: K'taka HC requests state govt to reopen schools, says no to Hijab and saffron shawls in classroomsThe Karnataka High Court, which is hearing the petitions against the Hijab ban, has requested the state government to reopen educational in...
11 Feb, 2022, 01.11 PM IST
Hijab row: No religious symbols allowed, says K'taka HC in interim orderThe Karnataka High Court, hearing the hijab row, on Thursday ordered that no religious symbols are allowed for the students until its final...
10 Feb, 2022, 06.15 PM IST
Online gaming law: Karnataka HC adjourns case to Dec 22 for disposalA bench comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Krishna S Dixit is hearing the petitions. Senior advocates Abhishek Manu Sing...
14 Dec, 2021, 09.31 PM IST