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As India turns 75, Muslim girls are suing to wear the hijab — and protect secularism

When her high school banned the hijab, Ayesha Shifa sued. Her case went to India's Supreme Court. A verdict, expected soon, could redefine what secularism means in the world's largest democracy.

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Court may refuse to exercise jurisdiction when there is a parallel litigation pending elsewhere: Madras High Court

It holds only Karnataka HC can resolve dispute on removing a Bengaluru medical college from the ambit of a deemed university in Chennai

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Judges should undergo narco-analysis tests to disprove allegations: Justice P. Krishna Bhat

This must be applied when allegations are made against judges and if there is a feeling that the complaint is motivated and false even then the complainant should undergo such tests, the judge said

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SC to set up bench to hear pleas against Karnataka HC order refusing to lift ban on hijab

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would set up a bench to hear a batch of pleas challenging the Karnataka High Court verdict refusing to lift the ban on hijab in educational institutions of the state, and added one of the judges was unwell leading to a…

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Hijab Row: Supreme Court to hear petitions soon, says Chief Justice

The Karnataka High Court comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice Krishna Dixit and Justice JM Khazi, in their judgement on March 15 held that wearing of hijab by women was not an essential religious practice of Islam. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Supreme Court stays Karnataka HC order refusing to quash corruption charges against Yediyurappa

The case concerns illegal de-notification of large tracts of land in Whitefield IT Corridor acquired for an infotech-related project in 2006-07

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Hijab row: Appeals against Karnataka High Court ruling may be listed next week, indicates SC

Girl students had challenged in the Supreme Court the Karnataka High Court’s conclusion that wearing hijab was not an essential practice in Islam.

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Hijab ban: SC to hear next week appeals against Karnataka HC order

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear next week appeals challenging Karnataka High Court's order which upheld the state government's decision to ban wearing hijabs in school and college classrooms. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Rightful challenge: On Twitter, IT rules and free speech

Twitter case should lead to changes in IT rules that will protect free speech

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Supreme Court tells Karnataka High Court judge to defer hearing in ACB case

Apex court to look into Justice H.P. Sandesh’s order; the judge had said he was threatened with transfer

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Morning Digest | Top U.K. Ministers Rishi Sunak, Sajid Javid resign; China backs Pakistan in opposing G20 Kashmir meetings, and more

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Handcuffing, a judicial tap, and the long arm of the law

The Supreme Court’s directives on handcuffing must be observed, but issues that affect police reform cannot be ignored

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Twitter moves Karnataka High Court over government’s content blocking orders

Disagreement between Twitter and the government over the latter’s disproportionate measures to remove/block content on the platform has intensified over the past year

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Hijab row: Petitions filed by students in limbo in Supreme Court

Students have challenged Karnataka High Court’s conclusion that wearing hijab is not an essential practice in Islam

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Don't send list of women's team for CWG till next hearing: HC to TTFI

BENGALURU: A division bench of the Karnataka High Court has in an interim order directed the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) not to send the list of selected women table tennis players for the upcoming Commonwealth Games till the next date of hearing on a petition filed by a…

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Panel to recommend political representation for OBCs formed

Pre-tender scrutiny committee too constituted

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‘Ischoolappa’ released in honour of former CJ of J&K High Court

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Hijab row | Supreme Court tells students it will list plea in two days

Chief Justice Ramana assures senior advocate Meenakshi Arora who made an oral mentioning for early hearing of the case on behalf of the students.

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Al-Qaeda targets India in hijab row

Karnataka Home Minister says police are “going after” the video; Muskan's father distances himself from Zawahiri's comments

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A far-reaching verdict that ends a regressive exception

In pronouncing the end of the marital rape exception, the Karnataka High Court has delivered a nuanced judgment

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One network, double standards: How Zee, News18’s Urdu and Hindi news channels covered hijab verdict

On March 15, after weeks of students’ protests, the Karnataka High Court upheld a state order that restricts wearing hijab in government colleges where uniforms are prescribed. The court also said the hijab was not part of essential religious practice in Islamic faith.

The Times of India

Madhya Pradesh varsity orders probe after right-wing activists submit video of girl wearing hijab offering namaz in classroom

SAGAR: A video of a Muslim girl wearing a Hijab and purportedly offering namaz inside a classroom has prompted Dr Harisingh Gour University (HGU), a Central varsity, in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar to order an inquiry on the complaint of a right-wing organisation, an official said on Saturday.

The Hindu

Police arrest second individual associated with TNTJ in threats to judges case

Earlier, city police had arrested one Rehamatullah, whose speech threatening the judges of Karnataka High Court with dire consequences, was arrested from Madurai

The Hindu

Hijab row: SC urged to urgently list Karnataka students’ plea

Students have approached the Supreme Court against a Karnataka High Court judgment which had held that wearing hijab was not an essential practice in Islam

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Exams have nothing to do with Hijab: SC on petition challenging Karnataka HC order

The Supreme Court on Thursday said that exams have nothing to do with Hijab while hearing the mentioning of a plea seeking urgent hearing on a petition challenging the ban on sporting Hijab in educational institutes.

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