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Parsi woman awaits verdict as SC refers Sabarimala review petition to a larger bench
By Yesha Kotak | Hindustan Times, Mumbai
UPDATED ON NOV 15, 2019 02:00 AM IST
In 2017, the Supreme Court overruled a 2010 Gujarat high court verdict that found in favour of a customary law which prevented Mumbai-based plaintiff Goolrukh Gupta from visiting the Tower of Silence — a sacred space for death rituals — to perform her father’s last rites, as she had married a non-Zoroastrian.
Supreme Court’s 2018 verdict diluting Dalit atrocity law to be reviewed by 3-judge bench
By Ashok Bagriya | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON SEP 13, 2019 05:18 PM IST
The top court had last year banned automatic arrests and registration of cases under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, triggering protests in parts of the country.
SC to decide on bench for EWS reservation pleas
By HT Correspondent | New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUL 31, 2019 01:25 AM IST
The bench is hearing petitions challenging the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Fourth Amendment) Act, 2019, filed on the grounds that economic criterion cannot be the sole basis for reservation.
Supreme Court bench not happy with order of another bench
By HT Correspondent | New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUL 06, 2019 01:16 AM IST
In May, Justice Mishra and Sinha had ordered demolition of all illegal structures built on the notified CRZ at the Maradu municipality in Kerala’s Ernakulam District.
Green heroes: Mumbai educational institutes turn 10K cartons into bench, bin
By Badri Chatterjee | Hindustan Times, Mumbai
UPDATED ON FEB 04, 2019 03:39 PM IST
Students and teachers recycled 10,500 used Tetra Pak cartons into a collection bin and a garden bench
Supreme Court refers petition against Sanskrit prayer in KVs to 5-judge bench
By Bhadra Sinha | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON JAN 28, 2019 01:46 PM IST
Article 28(1) of the Indian Constitution says, “No religion instruction shall be provided in any education institution wholly maintained out of State funds.” A bench led by Justice RF Nariman, while hearing the petition said the matter should be placed before the Chief Justice of India for reference to an appropriate bench.
North Delhi civic body schools have no benches for students
By Fareeha Iftikhar | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 27, 2019 09:51 AM IST
Officials of the North Delhi municipal corporation school in Jahangirpuri said they have only 200 benches for around 1,100 students. The school operates in two shifts — girls in the morning and boys in the evening.
Supreme Court likely to set up bench as Ayodhya case resumes on Monday
By Press Trust of India | Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON OCT 29, 2018 06:54 AM IST
On September 27, the Supreme court had declined to refer to a five-judge constitution bench the issue of reconsideration of the observations in its 1994 judgment that a mosque was not integral to Islam which had arisen during the hearing of the Ayodhya land dispute.