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How a PIL against Places of Worship Act, 1991 sets wheels of Kashi Mathura in Motion

May 18, 2022 Shashwata Sahu 0

During the 40-day hearing of the Ramjanmabhoomi - Babri Masjid property controversy in the Honourable Supreme Court in 2019, Ashwini Upadhyay, a lawyer and BJP member, sat in the rear and took notes. At a hearing in which he discussed the law that preserves the "religious character" of places of worship as they were in 1947, senior attorney Rajeev...

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Glorification of Women versus Belligerent Female Foeticide in India

May 18, 2022 Sr. Adv. Mahalakshmi Pavani 0

The glorification of women in the Indian society is perhaps self-explanatory and evident from the string of Goddesses and festivals celebrating their exhalation. Yet members of the same gender, those found on the realms of this country in their daily lives, “if” born are socialized to internalize the social victimhood imposed on them. The...

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[Breaking] Serious Life Threat To Benazeer Heena, Muslim Woman Seeking Uniform Divorce Laws And End To ‘Unilateral’ Talaq

May 05, 2022 Lawstreet News Network 0

Benazeer Heena, a Muslim woman journalist who moved the Supreme Court with a plea challenging the practice of Talaq-e-Hasan, by which a Muslim man can divorce his wife by saying the word "talaq" once a month, for three months [Benazeer Heena v. Union of India & Ors] is now receiving serious death threats from unknown persons.Two men were seen...

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PIL Filed In Delhi High Court By Ashwini Upadhyay To Adopt ‘Indian Holistic Integrated Medicinal Approach’

Apr 26, 2022 Lawstreet News Network 0

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking direction to the Centre to adopt the Indian Holistic Integrated Medicinal Approach rather than Colonial Segregated way of Allopathy, Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy in order to secure the right to health.The Ministry of Ayush, Ministry of...

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Supreme Court to hear a plea filed by All India Judges Association for payment of pension to retired judges

May 04, 2022 Lawstreet News Network 0

SupremeCourt to hear a plea filed by All India Judges Association for payment of pension to retired judges on par with in-service judges.Bench: One of the IAs will be listed after vacation.Amicus: I have filed a chart in another IA given the particulars of states which have complied with the order dated 05.04.2022 and those states which have not...

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Advocacy Skills Workshop On Legal Research and Drafting Being Organised By Adv. Rajat Wadhwa. [Read Details]

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A one of a kind Advocacy Skills Workshop on Legal Research and Drafting in Criminal Matters is being organised by Adv. Rajat Wadhwa in association with Adv. Harsh Prabhakar. The workshop will take place on 31 May, 2022 from 5pm to 7 pm at B-98 Defence Colony, followed by dinner ! Interested candidates register at wadhwa_co@yahoo.co.ukNote from...

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After the Gyanvapi Row, Govt. Now Ordered ASI to Excavate the Qutub Minar Complex

May 23, 2022 Shashwata Sahu 0

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has been ordered by the Union Ministry of Culture to conduct excavation as well as iconography of the Qutub Minar complex, Delhi.Govind Mohan, secretary of the Ministry of Culture, visited the World Heritage monument on Saturday and made the decision. According to the sources, ministry officials have...

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Supreme Court Sr Advocate mentions the plea by a Muslim woman challenging the practice of Talaq e Hasan

22 hours ago Lawstreet News Network 0

Sr Adv Pinky Anand mentions the plea by a Muslim woman challenging the practice of Talaq e HasanAnand: 2 notices have been sent to me.SC: why under Article 32?Anand: Talaq E Hasan has three notices. First notice was on April 19 and last one was on May 19. SC: there is no urgency. We will have this after the vacationsAnand: By that time...

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Set to go Paperless under National E-Vidhan Project, Hundreds of Tablets Installed

May 21, 2022 Shashwata Sahu 0

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Assembly Speaker Satish Mahana visited the Uttar Pradesh E-Vidhan Bhavan as part of the National E-Vidhan Application project on Thursday. It will be inaugurated on May 20 by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla with the training module. He would also introduce a new Assembly app. The Media advisor to CM...

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Set to go Paperless under National E-Vidhan Project, Hundreds of Tablets Installed

May 21, 2022 Shashwata Sahu 0

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Plea challenging HC order dismissing anticipatory bail plea of former AAP member Neil Terrance Haslam

May 17, 2022 Lawstreet News Network 0

Plea challenging HC order dismissing anticipatory bail plea of former AAP member Neil Terrance Haslam who conducted investigations into the alleged party donations scam mentioned before CJI led benchHaslam, had levelled several allegations of corruption in AAP in the past. After being sacked from the party, Haslam had posted on his Facebook handle...

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Jagadguru Paramhans Acharya moves Allahabad High Court after denial of entry to Tajmahal

May 11, 2022 Lawstreet News Network 0

The Acharya and his pupil were denied entry to the monument twice owing to their Dharmdand and Bhagwa Vastra.The Jagadguru has argued that in the Hindu religion Jagatguru has the authority to take Dharmdand and wear Bhagwa Vastra and they are allowed 'to go anywhere in India' without any permission and they also can travel by any mode of...

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SC Issues Directions: Police Should Not Abuse Sex Workers, Media Should Not Publish Their Pictures During Raid & Rescue Operations

13 hours ago Shashwata Sahu 0

On Wednesday, in "Budhadev Karmaskar v. State of West Bengal And Ors.", the Supreme Court directed that the police should treat sex workers with dignity as well as not abuse them, verbally or physically, by asserting that the basic protection of human decency and dignity extends to sex workers also.SC stated that,"Notwithstanding the profession,...

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Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah Dispute Of Mathura: Places Of Worship Act Not Applicable To 2020 Suit

May 20, 2022 Shashwata Sahu 0

On Thursday, a Mathura court stated that the suit to remove the Shahi Idgah Masjid, allegedly built on the land of Shrikrishna Janam Bhoomi, is maintainable. The Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi Trust and other private parties were successful in having the Supreme Court accept their revision plea, which resulted in the overturning of a civil court ruling...

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Plea in SUPREME COURT against Delhi High Court Interviewing Public Prosecutor Nominee

May 12, 2022 Lawstreet News Network 0

Plea in SUPREME COURT AGAINST DELHI HIGH COURT INTERVIEWING PUBLIC PROSECUTOR NOMINEE; DEMANDS FOR NOTIFYING CANDIDATES SELECTED BY DELHI GOVT’S PANEL AND APPROVED BY LG.Practicing Lawyer Amit Sahni has approached Supreme Court against Delhi High Courts call to interview/interact with the candidates selected by...

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Supreme Court refuses to interfere into the issue of demolition in Shaheen Bagh

May 09, 2022 Lawstreet News Network 0

Supreme Court refuses to interfere into the issue of demolition in Shaheen Bagh. SC says none of the affected parties are before the Court and the petition has been filed by a political party. “Don’t make this Court a platform for all this” SC tells the petitioners.Justice L Nageswara Rao: Why is CPIM filing a petitionJustice Gavai: what is...

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Supreme Court Hearing GYANVAPI MOSQUE SHIVLING CLAIM Case - Live Updates

May 20, 2022 Lawstreet News Network 0

The Supreme Court will hear today the Masjid Committee's plea challenging the survey ordered by a Varanasi Court in Gyanvapi mosque complex. A 3-judge bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud, Surya Kant and PS Narasimha to hear the Masjid Committee's challenge against Varanasi Court's orders at 3 PM today. A Varanasi Court directed the...

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Supreme Court to hear plea by IIT aspirants who appeared in JEE Adv 2020

May 13, 2022 Lawstreet News Network 0

Supreme Court to hear plea by IIT aspirants who appeared in JEE Adv 2020 & 2021 but were either not able to qualify or who qualified but got low rank challenging 20/12/2021 notice which makes them ineligible from being granted benefit of extra chance to appear in JEE Adv 2022Sr Adv Devdatt Kamat for the petitioners.DYC J: Where is there a...

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Supreme Court hears a PIL seeking modification to Covid vaccine policy

May 02, 2022 Lawstreet News Network 0

Petitioner had received Sputnik and since it is not approved by WHO he cannot travel abroad and thus he seeks voluntary re-vaccinationSC: The court has been moved under this article 32 without making representation to the govt. this is a matter of scientific assessment. He should highlight the hardship by him and other such individuals before...

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Supreme Court hears batch of petitions challenging the Sedition Law Under section 124A of Indian Penal Code, 1860)

May 02, 2022 Lawstreet News Network 0

Senior Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan mentions the batch of petitions challenging the Sedition law (section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860)Sankaranarayanan: I am relying on these three books, I want these to be taken on record by milords. I will be relying on these three books during my submissions.Bench: Okay taken.Senior Advocate Colin...

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Vande Mataram Be Given The Same Respect As Jana Gana Mana, Both Should Be Sung In All Educational Institutions: PIL in Delhi HC by Ashwini Upadhyay

May 24, 2022 Shashwata Sahu 0

Recently, a PIL has been filed by BJP leader and Advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay in the Delhi High Court. He pleaded that 'Vande Mataram', written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, be given the same respect as the National Anthem, 'Jana Gana Mana' penned by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore.In his plea, Upadhyay has said that the national song played...

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Varanasi District Court Hearing Gyanvapi Mosque Case - LIVE UPDATES

May 23, 2022 Lawstreet News Network 0

The Varanasi District Court is hearing today the suit filed by Hindu women seeking right to worship in the Gyanvapi mosque. On May 20, the Supreme Court had transferred the suit from the Court of Civil Judge Senior Division to the District Court saying that an experienced and senior judge should handle the matter having regard to its...

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Waste Disposal in Drains Must Be Strictly Regulated: Kerala High Court

May 20, 2022 Shashwata Sahu 0

Those who dump waste into canals and drains, increasing the flooding of roadways and clogging drains in the state of Kerala, have been ordered by the Kerala High Court to be punished severely in the case of "Treasa K.J & Anr. v State of Kerala & Ors."When it came time to issue the interim order, Justice Devan Ramachandran stated that the...

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