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Sudarshan TV case: SC says maligning community can't be allowed, 'country can't survive with such agenda'
• 4 years agoThe apex court, which has imposed a pre-telecast ban on episodes of a TV programme alleging 'UPSC jihad by Indian Muslims', pulled up the Centre and the National Broadcasting Association over alleged inaction
Sabarimala row: Justice Indu Malhotra's fear that permitting PILs in religious matters would open floodgates 'unfounded', says SC minority judgment
• 5 years agoJustice RF Nariman, who wrote the minority judgment on behalf of himself and Justice DY Chandrachud, on Thursday's verdict on Sabarimala review petitions said that the fear expressed by Justice Malhotra in the 2018 verdict that permitting PILs in religious matters would open floodgates to interlopers is unfounded
Ferocity of Sabarimala protests proves Hinduism is taking on Abrahamic characteristics to tackle external threats
Sreemoy Talukdar • 5 years agoThe issue of entry of menstruating women into the Sabarimala temple should never have been the cause for a debate on the touchstone of one-size-fits-all feminism.
SC judge Indu Malhotra recuses herself from hearing pleas against Bombay HC order on laws on beef possession
• 6 years agoJustice Indu Malhotra Monday recused herself from hearing a batch of appeals and cross-appeals challenging a Bombay High Court verdict which held that mere possession of beef of animals slaughtered outside the state cannot invite criminal action
Sabarimala hearing: SC reserves verdict as Travancore Devaswom Board does U-turn, says respects verdict on women's entry
Fp Staff • 6 years agoThe Supreme Court started hearing a bunch of review petitions urging it to revisit an earlier order allowing women to enter Sabarimala shrine. A five-judge bench, led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, remarked that the pleas made by both petitioner and respondent had interesting aspects
Sabarimala annual pilgrimage ends: Not Lord Ayyappa's celibacy, but Supreme Court's verdict made headlines
Fp Staff • 6 years agoRespondents had earlier argued that the practice of not allowing women of menstruating age to enter the temple is based on the celibate nature of Lord Ayyappa
Sabarimala verdict: Religion should be left to the faithful, but SC has full authority to protect fundamental rights
Anshu Lal • 6 years agoIn the aftermath of the Sabarimala verdict, it is important to ask: Since when did religion become more significant than the rule of law in the country?
Sabarimala verdict Updates: Judgment gives choice to women instead of imposing tradition, says women panel chief
Fp Staff • 6 years agoSabarimala verdict LIVE updates: From reading down Section 377 that criminalised consensual gay sex in adults, to scrapping the adultery law that treated a married woman as a property of her husband, the Supreme Court has championed the tenets of gender parity in its recent judgments
SC decriminalises adultery: Triumph of individual's rights over social institutions like marriage is the real victory
Deya Bhattacharya • 6 years agoWith the striking down of adultery under Section 497 of the IPC, constitutional law has finally entered the institution of marriage in a bid to ensure constitutional freedoms, destroy hierarchies, eliminate inequalities and attempt to democratise matrimonial relationships
Vedanta's plant in Tuticorin: SC refuses to interfere with NGT's expert committee to gauge environmental impact of copper smelter
Ians • 6 years agoThe SC on Monday declined to interfere with a National Green Tribunal (NGT) order to set up an expert committee to study the impact of Vedanta's copper smelting plant.