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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Bom HC | ‘Ayambil food’ permitted to be distributed to Jain devotees by the Jain trusts during their 9 days of fasting commencing on 19th April, 2021; Devotees not allowed to enter temple premises

Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of S.C. Gupte and Abhay Ahuja, JJ., permitted the distribution of Ayambil food to be served

Published on April 17, 2021October 3, 2023By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Read Calcutta HC’s decision on an adult woman’s choice to marry the person of her choice and convert to another religion

Calcutta High Court: The Division Bench of Sanjib Banerjee and Arijit Banerjee, JJ., observed that an adult woman is free to marry the

Published on December 23, 2020December 23, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

All HC | ‘Grown up adults, well aware about consequences of alleged relationship, have fundamental right of privacy’: Court while restraining any coercive action against person booked under U.P. Anti-Conversion Ordinance

Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of Pankaj Naqvi and Vivek Agarwal, JJ., directed for no coercive action to be taken against a

Published on December 19, 2020December 25, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Kar HC | Right of any major individual to marry the person of his/her choice is a fundamental right enshrined in the Constitution of India; Not to be encroached irrespective of caste or religion

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of S. Sujatha and Sachin Shankar Magadam JJ., disposed off the petition due to the limitation

Published on December 2, 2020December 2, 2020By Editor_4
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Legislation UpdatesStatutes/Bills/Ordinances

Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion | Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020 [Brief Explainer]

“Marriage conducted for the sole purpose of Unlawful Conversion or vice-versa to be declared void.”

Published on December 1, 2020December 3, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Case Briefs

COVID-19| Shravani Mela: SC asks Jharkhand Govt. to work out a possibility of opening religious places for general public

Supreme Court: While stating that the Jharkhand High Court has rightly ordered that Shravani Puja cannot be held holding big congregation fair

Published on August 1, 2020August 7, 2020By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsForeign Courts

SCOTUS denies permission to Calvary Chapel to hold service on parity of terms allowed to casinos; Draws strong dissent from 4 Judges

Supreme Court of The United States (SCOTUS): In a 5:4 decision, the majority  comprising of John G. Roberts Jr., Chief Justice, and Stephen G.

Published on July 29, 2020October 3, 2023By Bhumika Indulia
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Hot Off The PressNews

SC dismisses plea challenging constitutional validity ‘triple talaq’ ordinance

Supreme Court: A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi dismissed a plea of a Kerala-based outfit challenging the constitutional validity of

Published on March 25, 2019March 25, 2019By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Election of MLA set aside for using religion as a tool to influence voters; barred from contesting any election for next six years

Kerala High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of P.D. Rajan, J. declared the election of one K.M. Shaji as void, for

Published on December 12, 2018December 13, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlingam Erosion: We can’t restrain religious offerings; Temple Committee should prepare a plan to prevent further erosion: SC

Supreme Court: In the petition highlighting the erosion of the Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlingam, Ujjain due to the religious offerings, the bench of Arun Mishra and

Published on May 7, 2018May 18, 2018By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

In the historic judgment, SC says that Triple Talaq is not fundamental to Islam; Practice set aside by a 3:2 majority

Supreme Court: After conducting a 6-day hearing during summer vacations, the historic verdict on the validity of Triple Talaq is out and

Published on August 22, 2017September 1, 2017By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Haji Ali Dargah to allow women to enter sanctum sanctorum

Supreme Court: Giving the Haji Ali Dargah Trust two weeks’ time to restore status-quo ante in regard to women pilgrims entering the

Published on October 25, 2016November 28, 2016By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Image of the Judge cannot be tarnished merely for the reason of his religion

Allahabad High Court: Dismissing the PIL filed by Spokesperson of Bhartiya Janta Party  seeking quashing of appointment of a retired judge on

Published on June 21, 2016August 20, 2016By Sucheta
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

No Encroachment on Public Roads in the Name of Religion

Allahabad High Court: Deciding on the matter of whether construction of a religious structure (Temple) and attempting to encroach upon the public

Published on June 17, 2016June 28, 2016By Sucheta
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Case BriefsForeign Courts

Seeking reformation in manmade religious law is not blasphemy

Supreme Court of Pakistan: While upholding the conviction and sentence of the appellant in the high profile assassination of Salman Taseer, the

Published on November 18, 2015November 27, 2015By Sucheta
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High Courts

Conversion into Islam for the only purpose of marriage is held to be invalid

Allahabad High Court: Speaking on the recent issue of conversion and  dismissing the several clubbed petitions where Hindu girls converted into Islam

Published on December 30, 2014October 14, 2015By Sucheta
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High Courts

No person in India can be compelled to declare his religion

Bombay High Court: In a landmark judgment, a bench comprising of A.S. Oka and A.S. Chandurkar, JJ declared that by virtue of

Published on September 26, 2014October 14, 2015By Sucheta
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