The Supreme Court has directed the Kerala government to frame a separate law for the administration of the Sabarimala Temple. The apex court has also set the third week of January 2020 as the deadline and said the exclusive law should be similar to the southern state's other famous temples like Tirupati and Guruvayur. On August 27, the Supreme Court had asked the Kerala government to frame a new law for Sab ...

The Supreme Court delivered its verdict on the much awaited review petitions over its Sabarimala judgment last year. Honoring the petitions the 5-judge bench has referred the petition to a larger bench. The New Bench will comprise of 7 judges of the Supreme Court. The Sabarimala case was referred to the 7 member bench of the Supreme Court by a 3-2 verdict. The Supreme Court had reserved orders on review pet ...

New Delhi. Following the historic verdict delivered by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in the Ram JanmaBhumi case, a special meeting of the central office bearers of Vishva Hindu Parishad was held at the VHP headquarters in New Delhi in which, satisfaction was expressed on the judgement of the Hon’ble Supreme Court. In this meeting held under the chairmanship of Vishva Hindu Parishad Working President, A ...

New Delhi. The Chief Justice of India (CJI), Ranjan Gogoi, lauded the National Register of Citizens (NRC) by saying that it was a well intended exercise and a base document for the future. Surprisingly, the CJI came down heavily against armchair commentators for using social media to double speak on the issue. The Chief Justice was speaking during the book release of ‘Post-Colonial Assam’ authored by Mrinal ...

- The Study was conducted across 5 Regions, 29 states, five Union Territories and 465 districts during the period of year 2017-18. There are 17 states in India having international borders. In India, total districts at international borders are 106 out of which 70 districts (66.04%) are covered in the study. Women above the 18 years of age were the unit of analysis and total 43255 women were interviewed. - ...

Hearing a petition filed by Gopal Singh that called upon the apex court ending the mediation, the Supreme Court Bench said if the efforts for amicable settlement fails day-to-day hearing in the Ayodhya dispute will resume. THE SC BENCH WAS HEARING A PLEA FILED BY GOPAL SINGH VISHARAD WHO REQUESTED THE BENCH TO LIST THE DISPUTE FOR ADJUDICATION, AS THERE WAS NO PROGRESS IN THE MEDIATION PROCESS. The Bench he ...

New Delhi. The Supreme Court on Monday (8th March) took a strongly critical stance on government management of religious places, noting the blatant failures by official authorities to prevent offences such as theft of idols. The court said that the task of administration of these religious sites should instead be given to devotees. The bench comprising of Justices SA Bobde and SA Nazeer made the observation ...

National Seminar in Imphal on ‘Revisiting Colonial Legacy in North East India’ Imphal. Intellectual Forum of North East, Dhanamanjuri University of Imphal, Department of Social work at Indira Gandhi National Tribal University and Centre for Manipur Studies of Manipur University, Canchipur, jointly organised a national seminar on ‘Revisiting Colonial Legacy in North East India, from February 2 to 3 at GP Wom ...

New Delhi. In April, 2017 the Allahabad High Court gave a verdict of far reaching negative impact on constitutional scheme of reservation for Scheduled Caste (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) in teaching posts and vacancies in the central higher educational institutions (universities and the colleges affiliated to them) of the country. Last year this judgment has been approved by the Supreme Court of India. ...

The Supreme Court has reserved the judgement in a batch of review petitions filed against the 28 September verdict that removed the centuries-old tradition of restriction of women belonging to the age group of 10 and 51 from entering Sabarimala. The bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi included Justices Khanwilkar, Justice Nariman, Justice Chandrachud and Justice Indu Malhotra. Senior Advocates K Para ...