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Who is a minority?
In the AMU hearings, respondents audaciously argued there were no minorities in colonial India. Will the Court consider it?
5th Feb 2024
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“In choosing the essential practices test, Indian courts have shaded out alternative doctrinal approaches”: Mathew John
The author of ‘India’s Communal Constitution’ on the balance between individual rights, religious identities and the Uniform Civil Code
11th Jan 2024
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Supreme Court Review 2023: Religion and Culture
The Court’s performance this year was more defined by what it didn’t do than what it did—no hearing for the Hijab Ban and Sabarimala cases
6th Jan 2024
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‘Essentially Religious’ Hearings on the Hijab Ban
DESK BRIEF: Arguments on Religion took over half the SC time, despite all parties agreeing that it should not be the focus of the case.
26th Sep 2022
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SC Daily Update: Day 2 of Hijab Hearings, Onus Placed on State to Accommodate Religious Practices
Plea for the case to be heard by a larger Bench, as it involves constitutional questions about accommodations for religious practices.
7th Sep 2022
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Subhash Reddy, First SC Judge from Telangana Retires
Justice Subhash Reddy retired today after three years and two months at the Supreme Court. He was elevated in November 2018.
4th Jan 2022
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Key Precedents Challenge the Constitutionality of Anti-Conversion Laws
The Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion Ordinance has been challenged before the Supreme Court.
15th Jan 2021
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Supreme Court in Review, 2019: Videos now available!
DESK BRIEF: Watch expert panelists discuss strengthening democracy, supreme court reform, and religion and faith.
24th Jan 2020
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Sabarimala: Referral to begin on Monday
DESK BRIEF: A nine-judge bench of the Supreme Court will begin hearing fundamental constitutional questions on religion on Monday
9th Jan 2020
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State of Gujarat v Jamiat Ulama-E-Hind Gujarat & Ors
Special Leave Petition challenging the Gujarat High Court's Interim Order that upholds conversion during interfaith unions between adults in the state.
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Last Updated: 20220323
Bench:Vikram Nath J, Krishna Murari J
Aishat Shifa v State of Karnataka
Muslim students challenged a Karnataka Government Order banning hijabs in educational institutions in the state. They claimed that the ban violated their Right to Religious Expression. The Court's decision will determine if freedom of religious expression includes wearing religious symbols to public spaces like schools.
MoreNext Hearing: September 19, 2022
Last Updated: 20220211
Bench:Hemant Gupta J, Sudhanshu Dhulia J
Sabarimala Temple Entry
Decided
Indian Young Lawyers’ Association v State of Kerala
The Supreme Court declared unconstitutional the Sabarimala Temple's custom of prohibiting women in their 'menstruating years' from entering.
MoreLast Updated: 20191114
Bench:Dipak Misra CJI, A.M. Khanwilkar J, Rohinton Nariman J, D.Y. Chandrachud CJI, Indu Malhotra J
Sabarimala Review
Pending
Kantaru Rajeevaru v Indian Young Lawyers’ Association
The Supreme Court is reviewing its 2018 judgment, wherein it declared unconstitutional the Sabarimala Temple's practice of excluding women of a 'menstruating age'. The outcome may lay down a path for the Courts to reconcile the essential religious practice test with constitutional principles.
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Last Updated: 20210608
Bench:N.V. Ramana CJI, R Banumathi J, Ashok Bhushan J, L.N. Rao J, Abdul Nazeer J, B.R. Gavai J, Subhash Reddy J, Surya Kant J
Triple Talaq
Decided
Shayara Bano v Union of India
The Supreme Court held that the practice of talaq-e-biddat or instantaneous triple talaq is unconstitutional.
MoreLast Updated: 20180919
Bench:J.S. Khehar CJI, Kurian Joseph J, Rohinton Nariman J, U.U. Lalit CJI, Abdul Nazeer J
Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay v Union of India
The Supreme Court will decide whether the Places of Worship Act, 1991, which prevents the conversion of places of worship from the religion they were on August 15th, 1947, is constitutionally valid. The Court's decision will shape the course for multiple challenges concerning the 'true nature' of places of worship pending before subordinate Courts all over the country.
MoreNext Hearing: September 9, 2022
Last Updated: 20201028
Uniform Marriage Age
Decided
Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay v Union of India
The Court dismissed the petition, stating that only Parliament had the power to provide a uniform minimum age for marriage irrespective of religion or gender.
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Bench:D.Y. Chandrachud CJI, P.S. Narasimha J, J.B. Pardiwala J
AMU Minority Status
Decided
Aligarh Muslim University Through its Registrar Faizan Mustafa v Naresh Agarwal
The Court laid down parameters to identify a minority educational institution and directed a smaller regular bench to determine the minority status of AMU on the basis of the parameters
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Bench:D.Y. Chandrachud CJI, Sanjiv Khanna CJI, Surya Kant J, J.B. Pardiwala J, Dipankar Datta J, Manoj Misra J, S.C. Sharma J
Sameena Begum v Union of India
Several Public Interest Litigation (PILs) challenge the constitutional validity of polygamy, nikah halala and other related Muslim marriage practices.
MoreNext Hearing: August 30, 2022
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Bench:Indira Banerjee J, Hemant Gupta J, Surya Kant J, M.M. Sundresh J, Sudhanshu Dhulia J
Yasmeen Zuber Ahmad Peerzade v Union of India
The Supreme Court will decide whether practices prohibiting the entry of women into mosques violates the right to equality under Article 14 of the Constitution and whether such a right can be enforced against non-state actors.
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Last Updated: 20200129
Bench:N.V. Ramana CJI, R Banumathi J, Ashok Bhushan J, L.N. Rao J, M.M. Shantangoudar J, Abdul Nazeer J, Subhash Reddy J, B.R. Gavai J, Surya Kant J
Citizens for Justice and Peace v State of Uttar Pradesh
The Court will decide if the anti-conversion laws passed by multiple States including Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand are constitutionally valid.
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Last Updated: 20200511
Bench:D.Y. Chandrachud CJI, P.S. Narasimha J, J.B. Pardiwala J