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Article 19 1 A News

Time to raise the legal shield for protestors

A democracy allows citizens to dissent and protest. It is the State that must justify restricting it.

Published 11 days ago

Supreme Court notice to govt on Gujarat AAP’s blocked social media accounts

FILE PHOTO: A bench of justices PS Narasimha and Alok Aradhe issued notices to the state and central governments and sent the case to be attached to a related matter pending before a bench led by CJI Surya Kant (REUTERS)

Published 94 days ago

Clothes and culture: Legal status of dressing choices

In Aishat Shifa v. State of Karnataka (2022), the Supreme Court considered the ban on hijabs in educational institutions. The split verdict saw Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia hold that wearing the hijab was protected expression, while Justice Hemant Gupta disagreed, stating that uniform codes amounted to a reasonable restriction. (HT Archive)

Published 304 days ago

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