A five-judge bench, led by former CJI Dipak Misra, eventually struck down the rules as discriminatory of women’s right to equality and wors...

It has also become a political hot potato with the Left government in the state backing the ruling and the BJP opposing it.

Justice Joseph had extensively volunteered at two relief collection drives organised by lawyers in Delhi after Kerala faced one of its wors...

The Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB), which administers the shrine, had said they would move the court with a review petition.

A five-judge bench led by outgoing CJI Dipak Misra will deliver the judgement. The other judges on the bench are Justices R.F. Nariman, A.M...

The top court has so far refused to get into matters of faith, except to state that the custom is not as hoary as claimed, and also was not...

The Supreme Court rejected the argument, saying the condition in effect amounted to a ban throughout a woman’s lifetime on going to the tem...

A five-judge bench is hearing petitions demanding an end to this discriminatory practice which the temple management claims is essential to...

Women’s rights activists and lawyers had challenged a Sabarimala temple rule which restricts the entry of women in their reproductive phase...

Arguments have ended in the triple talaq case and the judgement is expected before August. SC’s decision will have far-reaching implication...

SC had hinted that it would examine all constitutional dimensions, including the issue of temples, could violate the right to equality.

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