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'Courts can't decide who enters temples'

New Delhi, Jan. 28 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a petition challenging the discretion exercised by the district collector in allowing "VIPs" to enter the garbhagriha (sanctum s... Read More


'Courts can't decide who enters temples'

New Delhi, Jan. 28 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a petition challenging the discretion exercised by the district collector in allowing "VIPs" to enter the garbhagriha (sanctum s... Read More


'Judges will rise to the occasion when needed'

New Delhi, Jan. 28 -- Supreme Court judge justice N Kotiswar Singh has sought to reassure the public that the judiciary would "rise to the occasion" when required, amid concerns flagged by senior advo... Read More


SC to hear today plea against 'VIP darshan' at Ujjain's Mahakaleshwar temple

India, Jan. 27 -- The Supreme Court will today take up a petition challenging the "VIP culture" at the Shri Mahakaleshwar temple in Ujjain, months after it criticised the practice of wealthy and influ... Read More


UGC's new equity rules spark legal challenge

India, Jan. 27 -- Opposition to the University Grants Commission (UGC)'s new regulations on promotion of equity in higher education campuses has reached the Supreme Court, with two separate petitions ... Read More


SC declines to entertain plea against 'VIP' entry into Mahakal Temple sanctum

India, Jan. 27 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a petition challenging the discretion exercised by the district collector in allowing "VIPs" to enter the garbhagriha (sanctum sanct... Read More


SC pulls up BCI over Rajasthan bar polls, payment of judges' honorarium

India, Jan. 27 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up the Bar Council of India (BCI) for constituting a committee on its own to conduct elections to the Rajasthan State Bar Council and for failing ... Read More


Supreme Court revives Bhojshala case, allows prayers at site

India, Jan. 23 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday revived proceedings before the Madhya Pradesh High Court in the long-running dispute over the Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Mosque complex in Dhar distri... Read More


MP Bhojshala: Top court revives HC case

New Delhi, Jan. 23 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday revived proceedings before the Madhya Pradesh High Court in the long-running dispute over the Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Mosque complex in Dhar di... Read More


Apex court: Can courts direct less painful form of execution

New Delhi, Jan. 23 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned whether it falls within the domain of a constitutional court to decide if a less painful and more humane method of execution could replac... Read More