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Hijab ban: How courts have weaponised the Essential Religious Practices doctrine

The purpose of the doctrine was to grant agency and autonomy to religion – not to curtail religious life.

Deepa Das Acevedo
· Feb 28, 2022 · 06:30 am
How two websites have transformed the way India is reading about courts – and understanding the law

‘LiveLaw’ and ‘Bar & Bench’ have revolutionised legal reporting by tweeting about proceedings in real time, bringing them to the screens of general readers.

Sruthisagar Yamunan
· Jan 02, 2021 · 09:00 am
Supreme Court agrees to examine if it can decide on Emergency’s constitutional validity

The court, however, said it was ‘disinclined to open all such aspects’ where a person might have been wronged 45 years ago.

Scroll Staff
· Dec 14, 2020 · 05:29 pm

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