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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

R. Sai Spandana

11th Jan 2024

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Religion and Culture

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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

Gauri Kashyap

6th Jan 2024

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SC Lists 25 Constitution Bench Cases for September

The Supreme Court will hear 25 of 41 pending five-Judge Constitution Bench cases from August 29th, 2022, as Justice U.U. Lalit becomes CJI.

Gauri Kashyap

24th Aug 2022

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Reviewing Ramana: the CJI Anniversary Edition

DESK BRIEF: CJI N.V. Ramana is set to retire on August 26th 2022, after which Justice U.U. Lalit will assume the CJI’s office.

Aarathi Ganesan

24th Apr 2022

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With 5 Months Left in his Tenure, CJI Unlikely to Hear Key Cases on Federalism, Personal Liberty

Ramana CJI will retire on August 26th 2022. We look at important cases pending before his Bench that he inherited from former CJIs.

Gauri Kashyap

24th Mar 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.

Gauri Kashyap

4th Jan 2022

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Petition inspired by Sabarimala – II

Yasmeen Zuber's petition for entry to mosques for Muslim Women diverges from Sabarimala in key areas.

Jai Brunner and Balu Nair

16th May 2021

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J. Indu Malhotra’s 9 Most Significant Judgments

During her term at the Supreme Court, Indu Malhotra J has delivered several noteworthy judgments.

Mihir R

12th Mar 2021

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Gender Equality v. Religious Freedom in Personal Laws Cases

There is a constant conflict between the tenets of personal law and the need to ensure gender equality.

Kruthika R

19th Jun 2020

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Sabarimala: Better late than never

DESK BRIEF: Over three months after its decision, the Supreme Court's nine-judge referral bench in Sabarimala publishes its reasons

Jai Brunner and Balu Nair

15th May 2020

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Supreme Court Rules in focus

Order VI Rule 1 of the Supreme Court Rules 2013 was amended to provide for the formation of single judge benches to hear certain matters.

15th May 2020

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Petition inspired by Sabarimala – I

After the Sabarimala judgment various petitions were filed demanding entry into mosques for Muslim women.

Jai Brunner and Balu Nair

15th May 2020

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cases

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.

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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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