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Topic: Sabarimala verdict

ED, Gujarat, UAPA, Central Vista: Justice Khanwilkar’s 6-year ‘establishmentarian’ legacy at SC

Justice A.M. Khanwilkar, a former chief justice of the Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh high courts, retired on 29 July after serving six years in the Supreme Court.

How Supreme Court bench on Sabarimala review differs on faith and law

From the majority opinion asking for courts to ‘tread cautiously’ to the minority rejection of ‘extreme arguments’, a look at SC's Sabarimala order.

Supreme Court refers Sabarimala review petitions to larger bench in split verdict

The judgment means the 2018 Supreme Court order allowing women of menstruating age into the Lord Ayyappa temple in Kerala's Sabarimala remains in effect.  

Kerala prepares for Sabarimala verdict tomorrow, anxious about devotee & govt reactions

Supreme Court Thursday will rule on a review plea that has appealed against its 2018 decision to allow women of menstruating age into Sabarimala shrine.

Bigger hurdle for Indian democracy: Unchecked institutions like courts or autocrat leaders?

In a veiled reference to the protests over the Supreme Court ruling on Sabarimala temple and the developments in the CBI, finance minister Arun...

Not just a bar at Sabarimala, menstruation has got women ostracised & labelled witches

It may not be the primary argument, but the age bar at Sabarimala has often been justified as an attempt to keep out ‘impure’ menstruating women.

Mother of teen says plea to reinstate Sabarimala bar on women offensive to Lord Ayyappa

The mother has moved the top court, saying the petitioners' argument — that a 10-year-old’s presence will affect the celibacy of Lord Ayyappa — was offensive.

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Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.