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Hijab row: Karnataka order on uniform ‘religion neutral’, says govt; blames PFI for trouble
New Delhi: The Karnataka government order that kicked up a row over hijab was “religion neutral”, the state government told the Supreme Court on Tuesday, launching a strong defence of the state…
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SC decision on separate gurdwara management committee attack on ‘panth’: Sukhbir
Chandigarh: Shiromani Akali Dal President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday described the Supreme Court verdict upholding the validity of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara (Management) Act, 2014, as “an attack on the apanth”…
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‘Sikh affairs to be managed by Sikhs alone’: SC upholds 2014 Haryana law on gurdwaras
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the constitutional validity of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara (Management) Act, 2014, allowing formation of a separate committee other than the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandak Committee…
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In countries like Iran, women are fighting against hijab, Karnataka govt to SC
New Delhi: Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Karnataka government, on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that even countries like Iran, which are constitutionally Islamic, women are fighting against hijab. Mehta submitted…
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‘Definition of dignity has changed with time’, SC observes during hearing on hijab row
New Delhi: Senior advocate Dushyant Dave, representing some of the petitioners challenging the Karnataka High Court judgement on hijab, on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that hijab adds to dignity and makes…
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SC seeks Centre’s response to plea seeking to declare ‘Talaq-e-Ahsan’ illegal
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre and others to a plea seeking to declare ‘Talaq-e-Ahsan’ and all other forms of “unilateral extra-judicial” dissolution of marriages under…
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’10k suicide bombings in Islamic world, only 1 in India’: Petitioners in hijab row to SC
New Delhi: Senior advocate Dushyant Dave, representing some petitioners challenging the Karnataka High Court judgment on hijab, on Monday told the Supreme Court that there is a pattern to marginalise a community…
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Denial of pension is continuing wrong, can’t be oblivious of difficulties of retired employee: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday said “denial of pension is a continuing wrong” and it cannot be oblivious to the difficulties of a retired employee in approaching the courts, which could…
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SC stay on dismissal of IPS officer who probed Ishrat Jahan encounter
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed, for a week, the Central government’s decision to dismiss senior IPS officer Satish Chandra Verma, who had assisted the CBI in its probe in…
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SC seeks response from Congress leader Shivakumar on I-T Dept’s plea
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to Karnataka Congress chief D.K. Shivakumar on the Income Tax department’s plea challenging his discharge in tax evasion cases. A bench of Justices…
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Supreme Court trashes 13,147 old cases in one stroke
New Delhi: In a big step towards unclogging the top judiciary burdened with humongous pendency of cases, the Supreme Court has, in one massive sweep, binned 13,147 old “diarized but unregistered” cases,…
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Prophet row: SC reserves order on TV anchor for clubbing of FIR
New Delhi: Supreme Court on Friday reserved its order in the petition filed by the Times Now anchor Navika Kumar seeking clubbing of the multiple FIRs and complaints registered against her over…
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Help them, govt should use its resources: SC to Centre on Ukraine-returned medical students
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday suggested that the Centre could develop a web portal providing details of foreign universities for the medical students who returned from Ukraine following Russia’s invasion…
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Karnataka Hijab ban: We are not interpreters of Quran, says SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court said on Thursday it is not the “interpreter” of the Holy Quran and it has been argued before it in the Karnataka Hijab ban matter that courts…
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SC refuses to entertain PIL for common dress code in educational institutes
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a PIL seeking a direction to the Centre, states and union territories to implement a common dress code for staffers and students…
