The Kerala High Court on Wednesday observed that putting up boards in busy thoroughfares cannot be said to be a religious practice. “There's hardly anything that can be done if the official machinery continues to be either deliberately or otherwise indifferent or inactive.” The Court said that the boards are mainly of political parties and religious places. The Court remarked …
A day after the Karnataka High Court dismissed petitions challenging the ban on hijab in some educational institutes in the state, AIMIM chief and Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi said that all religious symbols would now be permitted in these institutes except the hijab. Earlier, a BJP minister in Karnataka had said institutes shouldn’t stop girls if they wear sindoor.” …
Observing that the guidelines issued by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for dead body management are not violative of fundamental rights of the Parsis, the Gujarat High Court has dismissed a petition seeking directions to allow the Parsi Community to perform last rites of their members as per their customary practice i.e. Placing reliance on the recent Supreme Court …
