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
Barring women aged 10 to 50 is unconstitutional.Continue Reading
Respect for individual choice is the essence of libertyContinue Reading
The bench also clarified that from September 1 onward, automobile companies cannot sell vehicles without third party insuranceContinue Reading
Jaising had said courts around the world allowed their proceedings to be recorded, though they differed in their ways.Continue Reading
The petitioner also seeks to keep Christian judges off the case in the High CourtContinue Reading