Jayaraj & his son Bennix were arrested on 19 Jun 2020 in Sathankulam for allegedly keeping their shop open beyond permitted hours during COVID lockdown. They died 3 days later.
With top court set to review the case, Travancore Devaswom Board defends ban as an essential religious practice, challenging courts’ authority to test faith-based customs.
‘A person can't simultaneously profess and practice a religion other than the one specified in clause 3 and claim membership of the Scheduled Caste,’ the top court said.
Law student Rishi Kumar says Tamil Nadu National Law University asked him to take down Substack titled ‘The Supreme Court of India Has No Spine’ citing ‘calls from advocates & a few judges’.
Backing the Centre, the Delhi High Court ordered UNI’s eviction, citing failure to build on allotted land, while police vacated its office and staff alleged rough handling during the process.
Rather than presenting the full spectrum of Indian culture at once, a more strategic approach would be to identify one globally intelligible cultural lane & invest in it consistently.
Issued amid a West Asia war-induced energy crunch, the order now legally binds all entities controlling land, roads and housing societies to facilitate laying of pipelines.
The countries signed a memorandum for co-development of UNICORN masts in November 2024. India has been second Asian nation to have such an agreement with Tokyo, after Philippines.
Thoughts go to the Bhima Koregaon case. There is a need for the honourable apex court to comprehensively review the jurisprudence relating to grant of bail in cases related to UAPA and PMLA. Issue guidelines for trial courts, which often feel diffident. 2. For a lay person, the metric should be whether the individual is a flight risk, or can influence witnesses, tamper with the records.
Thoughts go to the Bhima Koregaon case. There is a need for the honourable apex court to comprehensively review the jurisprudence relating to grant of bail in cases related to UAPA and PMLA. Issue guidelines for trial courts, which often feel diffident. 2. For a lay person, the metric should be whether the individual is a flight risk, or can influence witnesses, tamper with the records.