By Shruti Mahajan New Delhi, Jan 8, 2020: The Supreme Court on January 8 agreed to hear plea filed by the National Council for Dalit Christians (NCDC) seeking inclusion of Dalit Christians in the category of Scheduled Castes. This petition filed through Advocate Franklin Caesar Thomas opposes the non-inclusion ofContinue Reading
New Delhi, Dec 13, 2019: The Supreme Court on December 13 asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) to respond to a petition filed by two NGOs seeking a probe into alleged discrepancies between voter turnout and the number of votes counted in 347 constituencies in the 2019 Lok SabhaContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, July 8, 2019: The Supreme Court on July 8 rejected a plea seeking permission for Muslim women to enter mosques. Dismissing the plea from the Akhila Bharatha Hindu Mahasabha (All India Hindu grand council), a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said: “LetContinue Reading
Kochi, July 4, 2019: The Indian Supreme Court on July 2 pulled up the Kerala Chief Secretary over the state government’s failure to implement its July 3, 2017, order on a dispute between Orthodox and Jacobite factions of Malankara Christian Church in the state over the ownership of churches andContinue Reading
New Delhi, May 10,2019: The Supreme Court has stayed a Madras High Court judgment that ruled that salaries received by missionaries and nuns of Catholic Church are liable to be subjected to Tax Deduction at Source (TDS) under Section 192 of the Income Tax Act. The bench of Justices AshokContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kanpur, March 9, 2019: The Indian Catholic Forum has urged the mediators appointed by the Supreme Court to resolve the Ayodhya imbroglio to take a cue from the Jerusalem Status Quo. Welcoming the apex court’s decision to refer the Ayodhya dispute to a panel of threeContinue Reading
Mumbai, Oct. 28, 2018: The Supreme Court has refused to impose a nationwide blanket ban on firecrackers and permitted the sale and manufacture of low emission “green” alternatives. It also fixed a two-hour time period from 8 pm for bursting crackers on Diwali and a 35-minute window between 11:55 pmContinue Reading
By Kai Schultz New Delhi, Oct. 24, 2018: Before Hindus can climb the 18 golden steps leading to the Sabarimala Temple, a centuries-old hillside shrine in southern India, there are customs to observe. Devotees fast for 41 days, avoiding alcohol, tobacco and sex. They prepare bundles of goods to beContinue Reading
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