New Delhi: Supreme Court Expressing serious concerns over allowing individuals to challenge religious practices, on Thursday said it would break all religious and constitutional courts as thousands of people would clog courts with PILs seeking annulment of these customs and norms based on their self-assessment of these practices. CJI Surya Kant, a bench of Justices … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that if a person’s fundamental right to freedom of religion is considered higher than the same rights of a group or sect, it could lead to dangerous consequences and the court will not be part of the process of eradicating religion.Bindu Ammini, a lawyer and social activist, … Read more
Sabarimala Temple in Kerala (file photo) New Delhi: In the middle of the ‘faith and fundamental rights’ debate over the customary ban on women aged 10 to 50 from entering the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple, a Hindu political party on Tuesday asked the nine-judge bench of the Supreme Court to review its 30-year-old judgment declaring Hinduism … Read more
New Delhi: Supreme Court Exhuming the bodies of tribal Christians in some villages in Chhattisgarh state and moving them to cemeteries designated by religious groups has been temporarily halted as an NGO said the act violated the fundamental rights of local Christians to be buried in villages. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep … Read more
Delhi High Court (file photo) New Delhi: In an important ruling, delhi high court Bail has been granted to an accused charged under the Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act (MCOCA) on the ground that his fundamental constitutional rights were violated in terms of time spent before a magistrate. The appellant Harsh Pal Singh alias … Read more
