Tag: supreme court

Supreme Court passed an order, based on a PIL that all liquor shops, hotel and restaurants which are within 500 meters (lowered to 220 meters in thinly populated areas) of national and state highways are henceforth banned from serving any liquor - legally of course. The hotel and restaurant industry… Read More

Ram Mandir - Masjid settlement is with the Supreme Court. The Allahabad high court had already awarded its judgment. In an unusual move, the sitting Chief Justice of India has offered to broker a voluntary resolution. As correctly noted by the justice, this is a sensitive case and a negotiated… Read More

Most people of Tamil Nadu feel the ban on traditional sport of Jallikattu by the Supreme Court from 2012 spearheaded by the former UPA - Congress government, foreign NGOs such as PETA and others with vested interests is unfair and totally against the sentiments of most people of the state.… Read More

Effective April 1st, 2017 the Supreme Court has banned liquor and beer shop from operating on national and state highways. Per its order, no new licenses will be issued and existing licenses will not be renewed. Further, it has asked that all signage be removed. The SC passed this order… Read More

While this case is to be heard by the Supreme Court, the Allahabad high court, one of the premier high court for legal opinion came down heavily on the practice of triple talaq - calling it that this form of instant divorce is cruel and most demeaning which impedes and… Read More

The fight between the Government of India and the Supreme Court is building up. India's judiciary, especially the Supreme Court seems to be hyperactive, and in the view of several people stepping into executive decisions. Further, the Supreme Court also struck down the parliament passed National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)… Read More

Sadly, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu are fighting with each other due to the centuries old Cauvery river water problem. The conflict took an ugly turn after the Supreme Court ordered the release of water by Karnataka to Tamil Nadu. With so much conflict dating back to history, now the Supreme… Read More

It would be shocking to learn that the government of India for decades has been providing extensive security and also providing funding to the very same Kashmiri separatists who seem to encourage pro-Pakistani slogans, chanting azadi slogans, hoisting and carrying Pakistani flags, possibly even shelting cross-border terrorists, and lately inciting… Read More

You must hear what the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) largely an unelected body, recently told the Supreme Court: 1) As Men are better at controlling emotions than women, hence only Husbands have been granted the triple talaq mode of oral divorce; and 2) they also defended polygamy, where a… Read More

According to Markandey Katju, an outspoken former Supreme Court judge, the original inhabitants of India are the pre-Dravidian tribals known as the Scheduled Tribes such as Bhils, Gonds, Santhals and Todas. 95% of people living in India came from abroad who bring with them so many religions, castes, languages, ethnic… Read More

In what could be a first time ever, 25-yr old Afreen Rehman received the "triple talaq" by speed post. This letter after her in-laws started harrasing and beating her for dowry and she went to her mothers. In light of these types of social injustice to women, Shaista Ambar, president… Read More

India's Health Ministry had ordered cigarette manufacturers to increase pictorial warnings from 20% to 85%. Now the Supreme Court has agreed with that decision. The Indian cigarette industry, as a show of protest, had stopped cigarette manufacture - causing harm to tobacco farmers. The larger question is whether this warning… Read More

1) We need to change the fact that the Indian Judiciary lacks transparency and accountability. The appointment process of judges is really opaque as is the punishment given to judges who may break the law. 2) Why must the Supreme Court of India comment on almost everything because of a… Read More

Now Hijras or Transgenders will get some respect as they can vote as the third gender bringing some excitement to this community who initially had to vote as male or female, and later as "Other" gender. The development driven by a 2014 Supreme Court judgement, represents a truly coming out… Read More

Tamil Nadu citizens and those who believe in Jallikattu are both really upset and seething with anger. Several citizens filed a petition with the Supreme Court 18 months ago but they did not take up the case, but when PETA and other groups filed petitions, the Supreme Court heard it… Read More