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Centre Tells SC That AMU Is A National University And It Can’t Claim Minority Status
The Centre has told the Supreme Court that Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) cannot be considered a minority institution since it has a national character. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on 10th January delivered the Centre’s written comments before the seven-judge Constitution Bench, which began hearing the… Read More
SC Rejects Yet Another Congress Plea Against EVMs For Lok Sabha Elections
The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea requesting disclosure of the unique identity number of electronic voting machines (EVMs) for first level checking (FLC) in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, as reported by Indian Express. The plea, which challenged the Delhi High Court's previous dismissal,… Read More
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Supreme Court Issues Notice To Udhayanidhi Stalin For ‘Eradicate Sanatana Dharma’ Remarks
A Supreme Court bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela M Trivedi today (22 September) issued notices to Udhayanidhi Stalin, the Tamil Nadu government and others regarding his remarks calling for the eradication of Sanatana Dharma by comparing with diseases like dengue, malaria and corona.… Read More
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Will Not Apologise For Modi Surname Remark, There Is No ‘Modi Samaj’: Rahul Gandhi In His Rejoinder Affidavit
On Wednesday, the 2nd of August, Congress leader and Former Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi filed a rejoinder affidavit in the Supreme Court in relation to his appeal against his disqualification from the parliament. In the affidavit, he reiterated that he will not apologise for his… Read More
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Woke Teen Approached The Supreme Court To Make Them Gender Neutral, Was Made To Forget His Pronouns!
Of late, a woke teen recently approached the esteemed Supreme Court with a demand to make the Constitution of India gender neutral. Little did this young crusader know that the Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha were ready to burst their… Read More
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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
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‘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
