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Fresh SC bench to be formed to hear pleas challenging 'nikah halala', polygamy

The Supreme Court on Thursday said it will form a Constitution Bench to conduct proceedings on pleas against Nikah-Halala and polygamy, practiced among Muslims.Read further on Dynamite News:

Application in SC seeking to allow girls to appear in college examination wearing headscarf in Karnataka

Application in SC seeking to allow girls to appear in college examination wearing headscarf in Karnataka

A lawyer on Wednesday urged the Supreme Court to give an urgent hearing to an application seeking to allow girl students to appear in examinations in colleges in Karnataka wearing headscarf. Read further on Dynamite News:

Bar Association Seeks 5 Judges Bench For Hizab Issue, Writes To CJI

Bar Association Seeks 5 Judges Bench For Hizab Issue, Writes To CJI

The All India Bar Association (AIBA) has requested Chief Justice of India (CJI) UU Lalit that the Hijab issue be referred to a larger bench of a minimum of five judges including one Muslim judge in Supreme Court after split judgments on this issue by two judges today. Read more…

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Hijab Row: In The Wake Of SC’s Split Verdict, Ban On Hijab In Karnataka Schools To Continue

Karnataka government on Thursday said High Court's order upholding the ban on hijab in educational institutions in the state will continue pending a final decision in the Supreme Court. Read further on Dynamite News:

A panel on India's top court splits on school ban on Muslim headscarves

Two judges on India's top court on Thursday differed over a ban on the wearing of a headscarf used by Muslim women in educational institutions and referred the issue to a larger bench to settle.

India's top court split on school ban on Muslim headscarves

Two judges on India’s top court have differed over a ban on the wearing of the hijab, a headscarf used by Muslim women, in educational institutions and referred the sensitive issue to a larger bench of three or more judges to settle

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Karnataka Hijab Ban Case: SC Judges Give Split Verdict; Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia Sets Aside Karnataka HC Judgment

The Supreme Court on Thursday passed a split verdict on a batch of appeals challenging restriction on Muslim girl students wearing Hijab in educational institutions in Karnataka. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Students were goaded into wearing hijab to school by PFI through social media, Karnataka tells SC

Students were goaded into wearing hijab to school by PFI through social media, Karnataka tells SC

Appearing before a Bench led by Justice Hemant Gupta, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said no student was insisting on hijab till 2022.

Supreme Court upholds validity of Haryana Sikh Gurdwara (Management) Act 2014

Supreme Court upholds validity of Haryana Sikh Gurdwara (Management) Act 2014

It declared that the law has left "the affairs of the Sikh minority in Haryana to be managed by the Sikhs alone"

Can State impose limits on students’ fundamental rights in classroom, asks Supreme Court

Can State impose limits on students’ fundamental rights in classroom, asks Supreme Court

Bench says the key issue is whether State place curbs on rights of students in classrooms

Supreme Court refuses to entertain PIL for common dress code in educational institutes

Supreme Court refuses to entertain PIL for common dress code in educational institutes

The PIL argued that a dress code should be implemented to secure equality and promote fraternity and national integration.

Hijab ban amounts to discrimination: Student-petitioner tells Supreme Court

Hijab ban amounts to discrimination: Student-petitioner tells Supreme Court

It should not be viewed as a ‘simple case of discipline’, says petitioner

Positive secularism is allowed, student tells Supreme Court in Hijab case

Positive secularism is allowed, student tells Supreme Court in Hijab case

State should show ‘reasonable accommodation’ of Muslim students’ right to wear hijab to school, counsel for Aishat Shifa tells court

Supreme Court asks whether the right to wear hijab can be exercised in a school with a dress code

Supreme Court asks whether the right to wear hijab can be exercised in a school with a dress code

Senior advocate Rajeev Dhawan argues the students did not defy the dress code; they wanted to wear a hijab in addition to their uniform

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Hijab row | Supreme Court issues notice to Karnataka Government over plea challenging HC’s order

The row over wearing hijab in educational institutions in Karnataka has brought back into focus a case on the “scope and ambit” of religious freedom

Supreme Court seeks foolproof norms to identify Scheduled Tribes

Judiciary no longer sure of ‘affinity test’ to sift through anthropological, ethnological traits

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