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Muslim women need not move court to register divorce by talaq: Kerala High Court

The Court noticed and addressed a gap in the Kerala Registration of Marriages (Common) Rules, 2008 which did not provide for the registration of divorces that are obtained under personal law.

Imposters posing as Muslims: A sinister ploy to further stigmatise

A spate of criminal activities have emerged again recently where several suspects deliberately try to pass off crimes they commit as those committed by Muslims. It takes no rocket science to deduce that this has led to the further criminalisation of Muslims and a sharp stigmatisation and spiralling animosity directed at them.

Bilkis Bano vindicated!

Persisting when anyone else would have dithered, Bilkis Bano and husband, Yakub Rasool kept their faith in the law and the Constitution

Riddles of Ayodhya Ram Temple: Consecration of Bhagwan Ram’s idol, but which one?

Apart from an assertion of a false narrative – Goswami Tuslidas who authored Ramacharitmanas 37 years after the so-called destruction of the temple by Babar makes no mention of the ‘demolition’—the event on January 22 at Ayodhya involves a problematic consecration ceremony, and is in fact a crass political gimmick meant to bolster one person alone, Prime Minister, Narendra Modi

Chhattisgarh & Maharashtra: SC directs police to ensure no hate speech by BJP MLA Raja Singh & Hindu Jan Jagruti Samiti rallies

Even after the bench accepted that some of the speeches delivered by Singh previously were “certainly objectionable”, they refused to decline to stop the rallies, take pre-emptive action

‘X’ account of HindtuvaWatch withheld in India owing to “legal demands”

Another X user, namely Indian Cyber Defender, has taken responsibility for the same, alleged it to be a result of the proceedings initiated by his legal team

Should the State Government intervene in cases of arbitrary orders by the Foreigners’ Tribunal?

In a recent decision of the Gauhati High Court that noted discrepancies and ignorance of procedure established by law in orders of the Foreigners’ Tribunal, has directed reviews by state government to the orders of the FT wherein “suspected illegal migrants/foreigners” are declared citizens

Increase in desperation among workers, violence against women, say official data

In the past few years, the central government has made big claims of development for farmers and laborers, but the latest data from the National Crime Records Bureau shows that the reality of these claims is different. According to the latest NCRB data, suicides of farmers and laborers have increased in the country.

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