Tag: Supreme Court verdict
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Misogyny and Gender~I
In his play Chandragupta, the celebrated playwright Dwijendralal Roy made the Greek emperor Alexander the Great remark to his trusted general Seleucus about the phantasmagorical complexities of the Indian subcontinent ~ “Truly Seleucus what a strange country this is!” Strange however is an understatement. Our country is celebrated for its cultural pluralism, it is known …
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November 4, 2018 -
Devdutt Pattanaik hails SC verdict, cautions against ‘loveless marriages’
"The worst thing in Indian society is that people are forced into loveless marriages, which ruins not just one life but also the lives of spouse and children because they live their entire life with those they are not attracted to," the 47-year-old maintained.
September 7, 2018 -
India’s finest moment, says editor of book on Queer identities
"This is a judgment that is imbued with the compassionate purpose of law and the liberal spirit of expanding the scope of individual human freedoms. "Hence, this is India's finest moment," said Johnson.
September 7, 2018 -
SC ruling on privacy will have wider implications, say experts
With the Supreme Court on Thursday declaring that the right to privacy is a fundamental right, legal and constitutional experts said that now every government policy, rule, regulation and law that interferes with the right to privacy could be challenged and struck down — from the Aadhaar scheme to Section 377 on homosexuality. The landmark …
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August 24, 2017 -
Progressive signal
Muslim women, nay women of all communities, have cause to be overjoyed at the Supreme Court’s three-two verdict abolishing the archaic practice of instant divorce, or triple talaq as it was commonly known. It has been an arduous struggle for the women of the generally conservative community who displayed exemplary fortitude in taking the matter …
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August 24, 2017 -
Petitioner in triple talaq case hails Supreme Court judgment
“Finally, justice has been done to Muslim women,” says Atiya Sabri, a victim of ‘triple talaq’ and one of the petitioners of the case in the Supreme Court in which the judgment came on Tuesday. Atiya, who now lives with her parents in Saharanpur, had filed a petition in the Supreme Court on January 8, …
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August 23, 2017 -
SC verdict banning triple talaq vindicates our stand, says Muslim personal law board
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), a representative body of the Muslims, on Tuesday said it welcomes the Supreme Court judgment on triple talaq as it vindicates the organisation’s stand and “accords protection to Muslim personal law”. “As a representative body, we welcome the judgment…The majority (comprising Chief Justice J.S. Khehar and Justice …
August 22, 2017 -
Supreme Court strikes down ‘triple talaq’ provision, says it’s not integral to Islam
The Supreme Court on Tuesday by a majority verdict held the triple talaq practice of instant divorce among the Muslim community as “unconstitutional”, “arbitrary” and “not part of Islamic faith”. A five-judge constitutional bench by a 3:2 majority judgement said there is no constitutional protection for triple talaq as it is arbitrary and “whimsical” as …
August 22, 2017 -
We stand by Muslim Personal Law Board on ‘triple talaq’: Darul Uloom Deoband
With the Supreme Court on Tuesday striking off the provision of triple talaq for divorce, the Mohtamim (Vice Chancellor) of Darul Uloom Deoband, Mufti Abdul Kasim Nomani, has said that the seminary is with the Muslim Personal Law Board. Speaking to The Statesman on phone from Deoband, Mohtamim Nomani said that the verdict was there, …
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August 22, 2017