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Supreme Court Upholds Tamil Nadu Law Allowing Jallikattu And Similar Ones Made By Karnataka And Maharashtra
Each and every event of Jallikattu is conducted during the Pongal festival as thanksgiving for a good harvest and subsequent festivals are conducted in temples. This shows that the event has great cultural and spiritual significance.” Read more at: https://swarajyamag.com/news-headlines/supreme-court-upholds-tamil-nadu-law-allowing-jallikattu Read More
‘HM Within His Right To Say Religion-based Reservation Is Unconstitutional’: Read Arguments That Led SC To Reject Muslim Body’s Prayer To Censor Media
On Tuesday, May 9, the Supreme Court refused to entertain the plea made by the Central Muslim Association to restrain the press from publishing speeches made by public functionaries on subjects that are sub-judice or before Court. The bench of Justice KM Joseph and… Read More
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SC Hearing: Karnataka BJP Govt Makes A Strong Case Against ‘Unconstitutional’ Religion-based Quota, Defends Abolishing 4% Muslim Reservation
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Karnataka government made a strong case before the Supreme Court against religion-based quota and defended its decision" to scrap reservation on the sole basis of religion for the Muslim community, saying it is unconstitutional and violative of Article 14 to 16… Read More
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Madhya Pradesh Government Orders To Remove Muslim Employees From Maa Sharda Temple In Maihar
An order has been issued by the Madhya Pradesh government’s Department of Culture to remove non-Hindu employees associated with the Maa Sharda Temple in Maihar, Satna district. In addition to this, all meat and liquor stores located near the temple area would also be shut… Read More
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Supreme Court Allows RSS Route Marches In Tamil Nadu; Dismisses State Government’s Appeal
A Supreme Court bench of Justices V Ramasubramanian and Pankaj Mittal has dismissed the appeal of the Tamil Nadu government against a judgement of the Division Bench of the Madras High Court which allowed the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to conduct its route marches. Read… Read More
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SC SHOULD STOP FOOLING CITIZENS WITH ‘HINDUISM IS A WAY OF LIFE’ CLICHE
The Supreme Court recently dismissed a plea seeking direction to the Central government to appoint a renaming commission to rename cities and places named after foreign invaders. A bench comprising Justices K.M. Joseph and B.V. Nagarathna used an oft-repeated cliche “Hinduism is a way of… Read More
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SUPREME COURT REFUSES TO STAY ELECTION COMMISSION’S DECISION TO ALLOT SHIV SENA NAME AND SYMBOL TO EKNATH SHINDE FACTION
The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to stay the Election Commission’s order to allot the name ‘Shiv Sena’ and the ‘Bow and Arrow’ symbol to the faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, saying, “we can’t stay an order at this stage”. The SC… Read More
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SUPREME COURT REMOVES REMARK CALLING SIKKIMESE-NEPALIS AS ‘PERSONS OF FOREIGN ORIGIN’ FROM ITS JUDGMENT/
The Supreme Court on February 8 ordered the deletion of reference to the Sikkimese-Nepalese as “people of foreign origin” from its January 13 judgment on tax exemption in Sikkim, following a petition by the Centre and others for changes. A bench of Justices MR Shah… Read More
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HOW SUPREME COURT DODGED A BULLET BY REFUSING TO STOP GOWRI’S APPOINTMENT TO MADRAS HIGH COURT
The Supreme Court dodged a bullet yesterday (7 February) when it refused to hear a case challenging the appointment and swearing-in of L Victoria Gowri as a judge of the Madras High Court on political grounds. A few activist lawyers had moved the Supreme… Read More
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SC DISMISSES RANA AYYUB’S PLEA CHALLENGING GHAZIABAD COURT SUMMONS AGAINST HER IN MONEY LAUNDERING CASE
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea filed by Rana Ayyub challenging summons by the Ghaziabad special court in a money laundering case. A bench of Justices V Ramasubramanian and JB Pardiwala allowed Ayyub to raise the issue of jurisdiction before the trial court,… Read More
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VICTORIA GOWRI TAKES OATH AS MADRAS HIGH COURT JUDGE; SUPREME COURT DISMISSES CASE AGAINST HER APPOINTMENT
Advocate L Victoria Gowri took oath as an additional judge of the Madras High Court this morning (7 February). She was administered the oath of office by Acting Chief Justice T Raja. Her appointment was cleared by the Centre in a notification put out… Read More
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SUPREME COURT ALLOWS NEXT ‘HINDU JAN AKROSH’ RALLY IN MUMBAI, ASKS GOVT TO VIDEO RECORD THE EVENT OVER ALLEGATIONS OF HATE SPEECH
On Friday, the Supreme Court rejected a petition seeking a ban on the proposed ‘Hindu Jan Akrosh Sabha’ in Mumbai on Monday, February 5. A petitioner named Shaheen Abdullah had approached the court seeking to ban the rally by Sakal Hindu Samaj, alleging that anti-Muslim… Read More
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YOU ARE INDULGING IN ARM-TWISTING: SUPREME COURT SLAMS KERALA STATE WAQF BOARD
On Thursday, February 2, the Supreme Court slammed the Kerala State Waqf Board for engaging in ‘arm-twisting’ while hearing a case on the retrospective operability of section 52A of the Waqf Act, 1995, which carries penal consequences on anyone ‘encroaching’ on Waqf land. Read more… Read More
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ISRAEL, INDIA BOTH HAVE A HYPER-ACTIVIST AND UNACCOUNTABLE SUPREME COURT: SOME PARALLELS AND LESSONS
Israel's Left is currently convulsing over the new government's proposals for serious judicial reforms. Israel's Supreme Court is widely perceived, both in Israel and abroad, as exceptionally powerful and activist. These powers allow it to play an outsized role in Israeli politics, without democratic accountability… Read More
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SUPREME COURT DIRECTS ‘ABSCONDING’ MAULVI MAHMOOD, ACCUSED OF DECEPTIVELY CONVERTING 37 HINDU FAMILIES, TO APPEAR BEFORE INVESTIGATING OFFICER
On January 13 this year, the Supreme Court directed an ‘absconding’ Maulvi named Varyava Abdul Vahab Mahmood to appear before the Investigation Officer in a case pertaining to the deceptive conversion of 37 Hindu families to Islam. 0Mahmood, along with 5 others, had lured the… Read More
