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‘Hijab is farz, courts not equipped to determine its essentiality’, petitioners to SC
New Delhi: The petitioners on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that according to the religious text, wearing of hijab was ‘farz’ (duty) and the courts were not equipped to determine its essentiality.…
- India
Will control hate speech through IPC, RP Act: EC to SC
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has told the Supreme Court that hate speech has not been defined under any existing law in India and in absence of specific law on…
- Telangana
Telangana knocks on SC’s doors to find solution for Polavaram backwaters issue
Hyderabad: The state government filed a case in the Supreme Court after becoming ‘perturbed’ at the central government’s ‘disregard’ for Telangana’s repeated requests for a thorough reevaluation of flood analysis and the…
- India
Confidence in institution slowly being eroded, ground reality disturbing, Sibal to SC
New Delhi: Senior advocate Kapil Sibal on Tuesday submitted before the Supreme Court that the confidence in the institution is slowly being eroded and the ground reality disturbs him. Appearing before a…
- Top Stories
EWS quota fraud on the Constitution, dividing country along caste line, petitioners to SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday began hearing arguments on petitions challenging the validity of the 103rd Constitutional Amendment, enacted in 2019 to provide a 10 per cent quota to economically…
- India
Haryana govt ignoring issue of ‘shamlat’ land: Hooda
Chandigarh: Veteran Congress leader and former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said on Tuesday that the state government is continuously ignoring the issue of ‘shamlat’ land (village land reserved and used…
- India
DMK leader A Raja speaks against Hindu religion, BJP responds
Chennai: DMK leader and former Union Minister, A. Raja spoke against the Hindu religion while addressing a public gathering, triggering a strong response from the BJP. While addressing the gathering organised by…
- India
Siddique Kappan to remain in jail, as ED case against him is still pending: Officials
Lucknow: Kerala-based journalist Siddique Kappan, who was recently granted bail by the Supreme Court, will continue to remain in a jail here as a case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate against…
- India
SC grants bail to hate speech accused in Haridwar Dharma Sansad case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to Jitendra Narayan Tyagi, an accused in the Haridwar Dharma Sansad case related to alleged inflammatory speeches made against Muslims. A bench of…
- India
Religious rights of every person subject to public order: SC
New Delhi: Religious rights of every person are subject to “public order”, the Supreme Court said on Monday while dismissing the plea of a man seeking to exhume the body of his…
- India
SC to hear on Oct 31 pleas challenging constitutional validity of CAA
New Delhi: The Supreme Court said on Monday it will hear on October 31 a batch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) which seeks to grant…
- India
Jayant Patil didn’t let Ajit Pawar deliver his speech at NCP convention: Shinde
Aurangabad: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday claimed that Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Jayant Patil didn’t allow his colleague Ajit Pawar to address the national convention of their party. Shinde,…
- India
Women wearing hijab must be looked at with dignity, not as caricatures: Petitioners to SC
New Delhi: Counsel representing petitioners challenging the Karnataka High Court judgment on hijab on Monday told the Supreme Court that women who wear hijab must not be looked upon as caricatures, and…
- India
SC adjourns hearing of petitions challenging CAA to September 19
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the hearing of a batch of petitions challenging the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 and posted the matter for further hearing on September 19. A…
- India
SC to hear over 200 PILs against CAA today
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear a batch of petitions today challenging the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019. A bench of Chief Justice of India UU Lalit and Justice S Ravindra Bhat…
