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- Farmers have constitutional right to continue with protest: SCNews: The Supreme Court has said that farmers have a constitutional right to continue with their “absolutely perfect” protest as long as their dissent against the three controversial agricultural laws did not slip into violence. Facts: Background: This ruling came by the Supreme Court during the hearing of a batch of petitions seeking removal ...
- Religious Freedom and Personal ChoicesContext: The Allahabad High Court verdict in ‘Salamat Ansari’ is a reminder of the Constitution’s most cherished values. What did the court say? Religious conversions, even when made solely for the purposes of marriage, constituted a valid exercise of a person’s liberties. The High Court ruled that the freedom to live with a ...
- ISSUE OF INTERFAITH MARRIAGES AND LAWS IN INDIAThe article is based on The Big Picture: Special Marriage Act and Indian Express Explained, Roll it back appeared in the month of November. Context: The Uttar Pradesh government has cleared an ordinance that enables the state to police and punish inter-faith marriages with “the sole intention of changing a girl’s ...
- Supreme Court on Protecting Rights of PeopleNews: The Supreme Court has pronounced its reasons for granting interim bail to Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami in connection with the abetment of suicide case against him. Facts: Key Takeaways from the Judgement: Protect Personal Liberty: The Supreme Court called on judges to protect personal liberty and the right of ordinary people to bail ...
- Right to choice of womenContext: The Uttar Pradesh government has cleared an ordinance that enables the state to police and punish inter-faith marriages with “the sole intention of changing a girl’s religion”. Discuss the issues associated with the law against love jihad. Law against fundamental rights: By clearing the ordinance, the state government has trespassed the fundamental right ...
- Protecting Article 32Context: The Chief Justice of India is reported to have stated during the hearing of journalist Siddique Kappan’s bail matter, that the Court was trying to “discourage” recourse to Article 32. What does article 32 says? The right to move the Supreme Court by appropriate proceedings for the enforcement of the rights ...
- Kerala’s new 118A lawContext – The Kerala cabinet recommended to the Governor the promulgation of the ordinance to insert Section 118 (A) into the Act. What is Kerala’s new 118A law? The new Section 118A has been introduced in the Kerala Police Act, 2011. According to the new law– The state government recommendation to amend the police act says that if ...
- Regulating free speechContext: The Supreme Court’s has questioned the Union government on the measures it can and is willing to take against communally slanted television coverage. More on news: It appears to be an attempt to bring about a commitment to a course of action that will curb inflammatory journalism on broadcast media. The Court has ...
- Article 32 of Indian Constitutionwhat is the Issue of application of Article 32 Dr B.R. Ambedkar had once said, ‘If I was asked to name any particular article in this Constitution as the most important – an article without which this Constitution would be a nullity, I could not refer to any other article except this ...
- Issue of “love jihad”: Right of “free consent” for MarriageContext: Many state governments have announced that they are considering enacting an appropriate law to stop marriages which they term as “love jihad”. What are the recent cases? A Muslim girl by birth converted to the Hindu religion and just after a month, she married a Hindu man according to Hindu rites and ...
