The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, the top child rights protection body in the country, has told the Supreme Court that madrasas are “unsuitable or unfit” places for children to receive “proper education”. “According to the information available the Deoband Madrasa fanned out across South Asia and has also set up seminaries, or madrassas, teaching an austere version …
On Tuesday, the Nagaland State Election Commission informed the Supreme Court that the local body elections in the State have been notified and are to take place on 16th May, 2023. Thereafter, on 29th July, 2022, the Apex Court had directed the State Election Commission to complete the election process by January, 2023. On the last occasion the Bench had …
The Election Commission of India has told the Supreme Court that there is no express statutory provision under the Representation of Peoples Act 1951 which bars the registration of political parties with names having religious connotations. It was further stated that the Election Commission had also issued an order dated 19th May 2014 whereby it was directed that the political …
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court continued hearing submissions in the challenge to the Madras High Court order quashing Tamil Nadu law that provided internal reservation in education and jobs for the Vanniyar community. The identification could have been done only by the procedure in Article 342A and no other…" National Commission for Backward Classes ought to be consulted The 102nd …
