Petitioner compared the Islamic hijab to turban in Sikhism to say they are both essential. 'The practices can't be compared,' said SC hearing plea against hijab ban.
SC upheld Punjab & Haryana HC's verdict that the will of Maharaja Harinder Singh Brar, the last ruler of Faridkot, was 'forged, fictitious and shrouded in suspicious circumstances'.
SC said lawyer was stretching his argument on ‘right to dress’ as fundamental to ‘illogical ends’. Lawyer argued forcing choice between identity & education was no choice at all.
Matter concerns scope of legislative & executive powers of Centre & Delhi govt over control of administrative services, which include appointments & transfers, in national capital.
Arguing that remedy of conjugal rights is 'gender-neutral', Centre submitted that calling right to cohabitation a coercive measure on intimate personal choice is 'utopian'.
Arguments veered around whether there was a religious aspect to 'chunni' or 'dupatta'. Karnataka claims its dress code order was issued only after feedback from various colleges.
Allahabad HC last month dismissed an appeal filed by man convicted in 1992, highlighting the court's high pendency. Lack of trial courts, judicial vacancies are contributing factors.
Court also refused to order the arrest of the author, Jitendra Tyagi alias Wasim Rizvi, and Yati Narsinghanand, the controversial priest of Ghaziabad's Dasna Devi temple.
The apex court also made it clear that as far as Setalvad’s regular bail is concerned, the Gujarat HC, where her bail petition is still pending, will take a final call.
The top court said it has considered the matter only from the standpoint of interim bail and the Gujarat HC will decide Setalvad’s bail plea independently.
Ventures by Japan, South Korea and Taiwan illustrate how the race for REE security is accelerating, powered by both geopolitical tension and industrial strategy.
ThePrint had previously reported that India & Russia are talking about 5 more regiments of the S-400, but no contracts are to be signed during the Russian president's visit.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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