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Allahabad HC refuses to stay love jihad ordinance, issues notice to state govt

On Friday, the Allahabad High Court issued notices on a batch of PILs challenging the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020 issued in November by the…

Insult to Hindutva cannot be termed as Religious Insult; does not attract Section 295A of IPC: Argument before Karnataka HC

Today, Dr Abhinav Chandrachud before Karnataka HC argued that,"Hindutava is an ideology or a political philosophy and cannot be termed as religion and insult to hindutava does not mean religion…

Love jihad: Two petitions in Supreme Court challenge Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand anti-conversion laws

Two petitions were registered in the Supreme Court on Thursday challenging the constitutional validity of the recently formed Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of the Unlawful Conversion of the Religion Ordinance 2020…

U.P. Governor promulgates religion ordinance 2020 on unlawful conversion

The governor of Uttar Pradesh has signed the UP prohibition of Unlawful conversion of religious ordinance 2020. The ordinance was cleared by the State Cabinet and was promulgated on November…

Religious Conversions just for the purpose of Marriage is not acceptable

The Allahabad High Court has held that conversions of religion just for the sake of marriage will not be accepted. On September 23, a couple’s writ petition was dismissed and…

COVID-19 Victim families allowed to perform final rites by Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court allows families of COVID-19 victims to perform the final rites upon death, after all the formalities of the hospital have been taken care of, provided that…

Allahabad HC refused to quash the FIR against a lady for sharing an anti-national post on social media.

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An FIR was registered against Dr Khan, a Unani medical officer, under various sections of Information Technology (Amendment) Act.The allegation against the doctor was that she shared certain Facebook posts…

‘All days auspicious’: Bombay HC tells devout Jains while rejecting plea to visit temple during ‘Paryushan’

Observing that spirituality comes from within and all days are auspicious, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday refused to order the Maharashtra government to open Jain temples for 'Paryushan', a…

PIL in SC wants animal kingdom to be declared as ‘legal entities’ for their protection

A petition has been filed within the Supreme Court, wanting the whole animal kingdom, together with vertebrate and aquatic species, to be declared as “legal entities” having distinct persona and…

SUSPENSION OF 2 FIRS AGAINST ARNAB GOSWAMI IN MAHARASHTRA BY BOMBAY HC

The 2 FIRs filed against the Republic TV Editor-in-chief, Arnab Goswami were suspended on Tuesday by the Bombay HC for allegedly making inflammatory comments. The HC said that no offence…