Hijab Case - Karnataka High Court Should Not Have Gone Into Essential Religious Practice Test : Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia [Day 8]

"High Court should not have gone into it(essential religious practice test). They have relied on a term paper of a student, and they have not gone to the original text. The other side is giving another commentary. Who will decide which commentary is right?",Justice Dhulia

Supreme Court Seeks Status Report From Union On Appointment Of Ad-Hoc Judges In High Courts

The Supreme Court has sought a status report from the Union Government regarding the appointment of ad-hoc judges in High Courts under Article 224A of the Constitution.Article 224A enables a Chief Justice of a High Court, with the previous consent of the President, to request a former High Court judge to "sit and act as a judge" of the High Court to hear cases. The provision has been invoked...

Is Wearing Of Hijab Threatening Unity & Integrity Of India? Dushyant Dave To Supreme Court [Day 7] [Video]

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"Pained That You've Put It To Religion" : Supreme Court Judge On Plea Against Wakf Act

The Supreme Court on Monday orally expressed reservations regarding the arguments made by a petitioner against the Wakf Act. A bench comprising Justices KM Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy was considering a petition filed by BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay seeking to transfer to Supreme Court the petitions challenging the Constitutional validity of the Wakf Act from the Delhi High Court.When the...

If A Muslim Woman Thinks Wearing of Hijab is Conducive for Her Religion, No authority Can Say Otherwise: Dushyant Dave To Supreme Court [DAY 7]

The Supreme Court today continued hearing the petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court's judgment which upheld the ban on wearing hijab by Muslim students in educational institutions. Today was the seventh day of hearing by bench comprising Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia. Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave appearing for the Petitioners made elaborate submissions on religious...

Explained: What Are Electoral Bonds & The Case Before Supreme Court? [VIDEO]

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Breaking: Madhu Lynching Case| Kerala High Court Upholds Special Court Order Cancelling Bail To 11 Accused

However, the Court has upheld the bail granted to Accused number 11.

'Expelling Members For Marrying Outside Community Violates Article 25' : Kerala Court Dismisses Knanaya Church's Appeals

Enforcing Endgomay is not an essential religious practice, the court ruled.

"Now We Have VC, A Lawyer From Anywhere In The Country Can Address Us": Supreme Court On Plea Seeking Regional Benches

While disposing of a petition seeking operationalisation of Article 130 of the Constitution of India, 1950 by establishing regional Benches of the Supreme Court, on Friday, Supreme Court indicated that the issue of accessibility has now been addressed by the Video Conferencing mechanism. "Now we have Video conferencing, a lawyer from anywhere in the country can address us",...

Cheque Case Against Director/Partner Of Firm Can Be Quashed Only If There Is Unimpeachable & Incontrovertible Evidence That They Were Not Concerned With Issuance Of Cheque: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that a High Court can quash a cheque case only if it comes across some unimpeachable and incontrovertible evidence to indicate that the Director/partner of a firm could not have been concerned with the issuance of cheques."Vicarious criminal liability can be inferred against the partners of a firm when it is specifically averred in...

EWS Quota: Backward Classes Are Poorer Than Upper Caste Poor: Petitioners To Supreme Court [Day 3] [VIDEO]

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Marital Rape: Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Response In Appeal Against Delhi HC's Split Verdict [Video]

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