Hijab Case : Question Of Essential Religious Practice Does Not Arise When Individual Rights Are Asserted -Yusuf Mucchala To Supreme Court [Day 4]

The ERP issue will arise only when group rights are sought to be enforced, the lawyer argued.

Supreme Court Grants Bail To Jitendra Tyagi In Hate Speech Case

The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to Jitendra Narayan Tyagi aka Waseem Rizvi in the case related to the alleged hate speeches made at the Dharm Sansad which was organized in Haridwar between 17th and the 19th December 2021.The bench comprising of Justice Ajay Rastogi and Justice B. V. Nagarathna granted bail to Waseem Rizvi along with certain conditions being imposed on him. One among...

Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Response On Petitions Challenging Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Lists It On Oct 31

The Supreme Court, on Monday, heard a batch of 220 petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) 2019. A bench comprising CJI UU Lalit and Justice S Ravindra Bhat heard the matter. The bench directed the Central Government to file a response to the petitions challenging the CAA. It further directed the State of Assam and the State of Tripura to...

Plaint Avers Hindu Deities Were Worshipped Inside Gyanvapi Mosque Complex Even After Aug 15, 1947; Places Of Worship Act No Bar To Suit: Varanasi Court

The Varanasi Court today dismissed the Anjuman Islamia Masjid committee's plea (filed under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC) challenging the maintainability of the suit filed by five Hindu women (plaintiffs) seeking worshipping rights in the Gyanvapi Mosque compound.District Judge Ajay Krishna Vishwesha observed that the suit of the plaintiffs is not barred by the Places of Worship (Special Provisions)...

BREAKING: [Gyanvapi Dispute] Varanasi Court Dismisses Masjid Committee's Challenge To Maintainability Of Hindu Worshippers' Suit

Varanasi Court today dismissed Anjuman Islamia Masjid committee's plea (filed under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC) challenging the maintainability of the suit filed by five Hindu women (plaintiffs) seeking worshipping rights in the Gyanvapi Mosque compound. For a detailed report of today's order, click here.District Judge A. K. Vishveshva order rules that the suit filed by the Hindu Worshippers is...

CAA- Citizenship Amendment Act- Supreme Court Hearing- LIVE UPDATES

#SupremeCourt bench comprising CJI UU Lalit and Justice S Ravindra Bhat to hear today a batch of 219 petitions challenging the Constitutional validity of Citizenship Amendment Act...

Karnataka Hijab Ban: Supreme Court Hearing DAY-4 -LIVE UPDATES

Supreme Court bench comprising Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia will hear a batch of petitions challenging the ban on wearing Hijab in educational institutions in Karnataka.A batch of 23 petitions is listed before the bench. Some of them are writ petitions filed directly before the Supreme Court seeking the right to wear hijab for Muslim girl students. Some others are special...

BREAKING| Hyderpora Encounter - "Decent Burial Given, Last Rites Performed By State" : Supreme Court Dismisses Father's Plea For Handing Over Son's Body

Observing that Amir Magrey, who was killed by security forces in the Hyderpora encounter in Jammu and Kashmir was given a decent burial by the State authorities, including performance of last rites in accordance with religious beliefs, the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by his father Mohammed Latif Magrey seeking hand over of the body of his son.A bench comprising...

Gyanvapi Case Order Today-All You Want To Know About The Present Case

Near the Lalita ghat in the heart of Varanasi stands the Kashi Vishwanath Temple. Adjacent to the temple is the Gyanvapi Mosque. This property dispute has also become another potentially controversial court case. In a nutshell, the controversy is whether the Gyanvapi Mosque was built after destroying some parts of the Kashi Vishwanath Temple. Earlier this year, in August a local court...

Supreme Court Monthly Digest- August 2022

Sec 24(1) RFCTLARR Act- Land Acquisition Proceedings Get "Initiated" From Publication Of Sec 4(1) Notification Under 1894 Act : Supreme CourtCase Status: Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation vs Deepak Aggarwal | 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 644 | SLP (C) 6631-16632/2018In a judgment delivered on Thursday (28 July 2022), the Supreme Court explained the meaning of...

Policy For Premature Release Of Life Convicts Must Be Implemented In Objective & Transparent Manner : Supreme Court

In a recent order, the Supreme Court stressed that the State must implement its policy for premature release of life convicts in an objective and transparent manner. Noting that several convicts languish in jail despite serving long sentences due to inability to access legal resources to apply for remission, the Court stated that the State must consider the cases of eligible prisoners...

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up: September 5 To September 11, 2022

JudgmentsScheme For Appointing Heirs Of Employees On Their Retirement Is Unconstitutional : Supreme CourtCase Status: Ahmednagar Mahanagar Palika v. Ahmednagar Mahanagar Palika Kamgar Union 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 739The Supreme Court observed that appointment to the heirs of the employees on their retirement/ superannuation is violative of Articles 14 and 15 of Constitution of IndiaSection 239 CrPC...