In an interview with ThePrint, senior counsel Aditya Sondhi says the year-long standoff over his name between the Modi govt and SC collegium was starting to affect him ‘personally’.
Senior advocate Devdutt Kamat tells Karnataka High Court that even if hijab not an integral part of Islamic law — as proclaimed by state — it is still a right being infringed by govt order.
Management of Government Pre-University College, Udupi, says rules regarding uniforms for girl students were prescribed for the first time in 2004 and the hijab was never a part of them.
Karnataka govt cites 2018 Supreme Court verdict in Sabarimala case to support argument that declaring hijab essential to religious practice could compromise 'dignity of women'.
Advocate General says it will enable institutions to determine restrictions in dress code. State’s stand is ‘element of introducing religious dress shouldn’t be there in uniform’.
Centre had wanted to wait for comments from states & stakeholders, but matter is now listed for 2 March. Lawyers for all parties told to file written submissions in meantime.
Karnataka Advocate General said 'only essential religious practice' gets protection under Article 25, which guarantees citizens the right to practice the faith of their choice.
The former Bihar chief minister had earlier been sentenced to 14 years in prison in four other fodder scam cases that first came to light in January 1996.
Karnataka High Court has been hearing multiple petitions challenging govt order passed on 5 February, legitimising ban on hijab wearing inside govt educational institutions.
By consolidating 29 laws into four codes, compliance is streamlined and regulations are simplified, improving “ease of doing business”. This is bound to improve investor confidence.
Rural ownership of motor vehicles jumped from 19 percent in 2011-2012 to 59 percent in 2023-2024, while urban rose from 40 percent to 68 percent during the same time period, study by two members of PM-EAC says.
At the Jindal Literature Festival, Maj Gen (Retd) Lakhwinder Singh reveals secrets from 25 years ago, speaking about the decision that outwitted Musharraf and changed the course of the war.
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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