Individuals challenging religious practices would break all religions & courts: SC | India News – The Times of India

Individuals challenging religious practices would break all religions & courts: SC | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed grave apprehension over allowing individuals to challenge religious practices and said it would break every religion and constitutional court as thousands would clog courts with PILs, based on self-assessments of these customs, to seek quashing the customs and norms. The remark came from a bench of CJI…

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Sabarimala: Non-believer has no biz to challenge customs, says judge | India News – The Times of India

Sabarimala: Non-believer has no biz to challenge customs, says judge | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Justice B V Nagarathna, part of the CJI Surya Kant-led nine-judge Supreme Court bench hearing the core issue of ‘fundamental rights vs faith and belief’, on Tuesday observed that a person who doesn’t believe in a religion and its religious practices had no right to file petitions challenging their validity.As senior advocate V…

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Sabarimala case: 9-judge SC bench to hear pleas on discrimination against women at religious places | India News – The Times of India

Sabarimala case: 9-judge SC bench to hear pleas on discrimination against women at religious places | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: A 9-judge bench of Supreme Court will hear the pleas relating to discrimination against women at religious places, including Kerala‘s Sabarimala Temple.The hearing is set to begin April 7 and proposed to be concluded on April 22. The composition of the 9-judge bench will be notified by the Chief Justice of India separately…

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‘Very balanced order’: SC upholds Madras high court’s deepam nod at Madurai hilltop | India News – The Times of India

‘Very balanced order’: SC upholds Madras high court’s deepam nod at Madurai hilltop | India News – The Times of India

A lamp lit at Thiruparankundram temple as part of ‘Karthigai Deepam’ festival celebrations, in Madurai district, Tamil Nadu. (Left/ PTI photo) NEW DELHI: In a long-running dispute over religious practices on the Thiruparankundram hill in Madurai, the Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with a Madras high court judgment that permitted lighting of the…

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