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UCC aims to replace various personal laws: HC judge at VHP law cell meet

Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav of the Allahabad High Court on Sunday said that the Uniform Civil Code refers to a common law that applies to all religious communities in personal matters such as marriage, inheritance, divorce, adoption etc. At the inaugural session of the VHP workshop held in four sessions, the chief guest Abhishek Atrey, National Co-convener of Vishwa Hindu …

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Federal judge blocks Louisiana law that requires classrooms to display Ten Commandments

Politico

In granting a preliminary injunction, DeGravelles said opponents of the law are likely to win their ongoing lawsuit against the law. DeGravelles said the law amounts to unconstitutional religious government coercion of students: “As Plaintiffs highlight, by law, parents must send their minor children to school and ensure attendance during regular school hours at least 177 days per year.” Proponents …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Husband Must Obtain Judicial Declaration for Dissolution of Marriage: Madras High Court

Live Law

The Madras High Court has ruled that when a Muslim wife disputes the issuance of talaq by the Muslim husband, it is upon the husband to obtain a judicial declaration that marriage is validly dissolved. The court observed that Talaq under Muslim personal laws involved a certain procedure which had to be strictly complied. The court thus observed that if …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

'No Compromise With Sharia Law...,' AIMPLB Makes Major Announcement on Secular Civil Code | ABP News

ABP News

The discussion on the Secular Civil Code has been reignited following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Independence Day speech, in which he deemed the Secular Civil Code necessary and labeled religious personal laws as communal. This has sparked a strong reaction from the All India Muslim Personal Law Board, which has found the Prime Minister's remarks objectionable. The AIMPLB has stated …

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9 months, 4 weeks ago

Amit Shah slams foreign media over ‘anti-Muslim’ law claims: 'Ask them...'

Hindustan Times

Union home minister Amit Shah has hit back at foreign media for questioning the contentious laws brought in by the Narendra Modi government, particularly those related to religion and citizenship. Foreign media outlets have been actively scrutinising India's ban on the triple talaq practice in Islam, abrogation of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution and the Citizenship Amendment Act, which …

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9 months, 4 weeks ago

AIADMK holds human chain agitation against drug menace across T.N.

The Hindu

The AIADMK on Tuesday conducted a State-wide human chain agitation against the drug menace in Tamil Nadu. Addressing reporters, he referred to the recent seizures of drugs by the Narcotics Control Bureau and said all these operations had been carried out by Central authorities, and it was regrettable that the State police officers remained like Kumbhakarna, a character in the …

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9 months, 4 weeks ago

Centre notifies rules for Citizenship (Amendment) Act

Hindustan Times

The Union home ministry on Monday notified the rules for the Citizenship Act over four years after Parliament passed the law to fast-track the citizenship process for non-Muslims, who have entered India from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh before December 31, 2014, and triggered protests. The rules were framed months after Union home minister Amit Shah promised that this would be …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Denmark’s parliament adopts law making it illegal to burn the Quran or other religious texts

LA Times

A new law was passed in Denmark’s parliament on Thursday that makes it illegal to desecrate any holy text in the country, after a recent string of public desecrations of the Quran by a few anti-Islam activists sparked angry demonstrations in Muslim countries. The new legislation will make it a crime “to inappropriately treat, publicly or with the intention of …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Supreme Court Stays Criminal Proceedings Against Catholic Priest Under Gujarat Anti-Conversion Law For Baptising Child

Live Law

The Supreme Court on Friday issued a temporary stay on the criminal proceedings against a Catholic parish priest in Gujarat for baptising a child at the request of the child's Christian mother, who is estranged from her Hindu husband. Till the next date of listing, there shall be a stay of further proceedings arising from the FIR.” Background The petitioner …

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1 year, 5 months ago

News18 UCC Survey: Why I, a Muslim Woman, Am All For Uniform Civil Code - News18

News 18

The Uniform Civil Code is an embodiment of Article 44 of the Indian Constitution which seeks the implementation of a uniform set of laws, governing the personal affairs of citizens, pertaining to the institution of marriage and the ancillary rights arising out of the same such as inheritance, alimony, guardianship and adoption, amongst others with the sole object of national …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Mizoram Assembly adopts resolution opposing any move to implement Uniform Civil Code

The Hindu

The Mizoram Assembly on February 14 unanimously adopted an official resolution opposing any move to implement the Uniform Civil Code in the country. Home Minister Lalchamliana moved the resolution which said "That this House unanimously resolved to oppose any steps taken or proposed to be taken for enactment of UCC in India." While moving the resolution Mr. Lalchamliana that the …

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2 years ago

Vermont lawmaker to seek to close clergy reporting exemption

Associated Press

The head of the Vermont Senate Judiciary Committee says he’s going to introduce a bill in the upcoming legislative session to close an exemption to the state’s child abuse and neglect reporting laws for members of the clergy. Democratic Sen. Richard Sears of Bennington says he was unaware that the Vermont law requiring members of a number of professions, including …

Abuse Religious Law Child Members Vermont Sears Clergy Report

2 years, 6 months ago

What is blasphemy? Why is the idea at odds with rule of law?

India Today

The beheading of a Hindu tailor in Rajasthan’s Udaipur for a social media post supporting Nupur Sharma over her “blasphemous” remarks against Prophet Muhammad is being treated by the central government as an act of terror. What puts the idea of blasphemy at odds with India’s rule of law is the fact that the constitution allows its people the right …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Hijab row: All India Muslim Personal Law Board moves Supreme Court against Karnataka HC's verdict

Firstpost

Karnataka High Court had passed the judgment on 15 March that wearing of hijab is not a part of essential religious practice in Islamic faith and thus, it is not protected under the Article 25 of the Constitution. After Karnataka High Court passed the judgment which upheld the ban on hijab in classrooms stating that wearing of headscarves by Muslim …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Do Bishops Have Power To Alienate Church Assets? Catholic Dioceses Move Supreme Court Against Kerala High Court Remarks

Live Law

Two Catholic Dioceses from Kerala have approached the Supreme Court against a judgment of the Kerala High Court which held that Bishops have no power to alienate the church assets and that their powers are confined to religious and spiritual matters.The Catholic Diocese of Thamarassery and Eparchy of Bathery have filed the Special Leave Petitions challenging the remarks made a …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Appeals court says accusers’ case against Church of Scientology can proceed

LA Times

Actor Danny Masterson, center, stands with his attorneys, Sharon Appelbaum, left, and Thomas Mesereau during his arraignment on rape charges in Los Angeles County Superior Court in 2020. Four women who accused the actor Danny Masterson of rape can move forward with a harassment lawsuit against the Church of Scientology, a California appeals court ruled Wednesday. California Scientology’s secrets spill …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Religious affairs must accord with the law

China Daily

While addressing a national conference on work related to religious affairs, held from Friday to Saturday in Beijing, Communist Party of China Central Committee General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed upholding the principle of developing religions in the Chinese context, and providing active guidance for the adaptation of religions to a socialist society. As Xi emphasized, the Party's theories on religious …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Column: It’s time to close the religious vaccine objection loophole

LA Times

There’s something unquestionably alluring about claiming religious exemptions from government mandates and employer policies. Gen. Jeff Landry placed his authority behind religious exemptions in August, telling residents that “Louisiana law offers broad and robust protections for students’ and parents’ religious and philosophical objections to certain state public health policies. “The law doesn’t require a religious exemption to vaccination,” UC Berkeley …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Momentum grows for closing gaps in US vaccine requirements

Associated Press

HARTFORD, Conn. — A law adopted this week in Connecticut adds momentum to the push to strengthen vaccination requirements for schoolchildren, but efforts to give families more leeway are brewing in statehouses around the country in debates that go back more than a century. Religious exemptions like the one eliminated by Connecticut’s new law are facing particular scrutiny amid fears …

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3 years, 9 months ago

SC seeks Centre's response to plea challenging validity of 1991 Places of Worship Act

Firstpost

New Delhi: The Supreme Court sought the Centre’s response on Friday to a plea filed before it challenging the validity of certain provisions of a 1991 law, which prohibit the filing of a lawsuit to reclaim a place of worship or seek a change in its character from what prevailed on 15 August, 1947. A bench of Chief Justice SA …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Israel's high court says non-Orthodox converts are Jews

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “If the state of Israel claims to be the nation-state of the Jewish world, …

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4 years, 1 month ago

Plea in Supreme Court against Ordinances on religious conversion

The Hindu

A petition was filed on Thursday in the Supreme Court to declare two ordinances, passed separately by Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, criminalising religious conversion through marriage as unconstitutional. Two advocates and a law researcher have approached the court against the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition Of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020 and the Uttarakhand Freedom of Religion Act, 2018. Advocates Vishal …

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4 years, 1 month ago

Madhya Pradesh to bring law against love-jihad: CM Chouhan

India TV News

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday said that the state government will very soon bring a law against 'Love Jihad'. Madhya Pradesh government, earlier, said that it will introduce Dharma Swatantrya Bill 2020 in the next session of the state Assembly in view of the rising incidents of love jihad. Earlier, Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government passed …

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4 years, 2 months ago

Pope tightens oversight on creation of new religious orders

Associated Press

ROME — Pope Francis on Wednesday tightened oversight on creating new religious orders to exert more Vatican control over the process and prevent charlatans from duping the faithful. The new law was approved as the Vatican in recent years has cracked down on the founders of some religious orders and lay institutes after they were found to have been religious …

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UCC aims to replace various personal laws: HC judge at VHP law cell meet

Federal judge blocks Louisiana law that requires classrooms to display Ten Commandments

Husband Must Obtain Judicial Declaration for Dissolution of Marriage: Madras High Court

'No Compromise With Sharia Law...,' AIMPLB Makes Major Announcement on Secular Civil Code | ABP News

Amit Shah slams foreign media over ‘anti-Muslim’ law claims: 'Ask them...'

AIADMK holds human chain agitation against drug menace across T.N.

Centre notifies rules for Citizenship (Amendment) Act

Denmark’s parliament adopts law making it illegal to burn the Quran or other religious texts

Supreme Court Stays Criminal Proceedings Against Catholic Priest Under Gujarat Anti-Conversion Law For Baptising Child

News18 UCC Survey: Why I, a Muslim Woman, Am All For Uniform Civil Code - News18

Mizoram Assembly adopts resolution opposing any move to implement Uniform Civil Code

Vermont lawmaker to seek to close clergy reporting exemption

What is blasphemy? Why is the idea at odds with rule of law?

Hijab row: All India Muslim Personal Law Board moves Supreme Court against Karnataka HC's verdict

Do Bishops Have Power To Alienate Church Assets? Catholic Dioceses Move Supreme Court Against Kerala High Court Remarks

Appeals court says accusers’ case against Church of Scientology can proceed

Religious affairs must accord with the law

Column: It’s time to close the religious vaccine objection loophole

Momentum grows for closing gaps in US vaccine requirements

SC seeks Centre's response to plea challenging validity of 1991 Places of Worship Act

Israel's high court says non-Orthodox converts are Jews

Plea in Supreme Court against Ordinances on religious conversion

Madhya Pradesh to bring law against love-jihad: CM Chouhan

Pope tightens oversight on creation of new religious orders