Tag: fundamental right

Source – hindustantimes.com People in Kashmir on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court order to the Jammu and Kashmir administration to review internet curbs and were hopeful that services will be restored at the earliest. They have started enquiring from officials on when they could actually have internet facilities back on their phones, homes and offices since the

Source: freepressjournal.in Mumbai: In a significant ruling, the Bombay High Court held there is no fundamental right to “free” electricity for business or commercial purposes. HC also said that any government-provided service cannot be used for a private self-serving benefit. The bench of Justices Satyaranjan Dharmadhikari and Gautam Patel delivered the significant judgment while dismissing

Source – indianexpress.com Hearing the contentious issue relating to the ban on entry of women between 10 and 50 years of age in Kerala’s historic Sabarimala temple, the Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that a woman’s right to pray is equal to that of a man and it should not be dependent on law. “Your (intervener)

Source – indianexpress.com Hearing the case of a 24-year-old transgender person seeking to change her name from Rahul Sharma to Riya Sharma, the Delhi High Court Monday asked the petitioner “if it was so easy to change names in Class X and XII certificates at this stage”. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal

Source – Trak.in For the first time ever, Supreme Court of India has declared that Internet access is a basic fundamental right for all Indians; and this right cannot be curtailed and blocked at any cost. This is one of those watershed moments for Internet activists in India because from now on, this verdict and

Source – timesofindia.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi may have led celebrations on International Yoga Day, but his government has told the Supreme Court that yoga education cannot be an enforceable fundamental right under the law governing children’s right to free and compulsory education.Petitioner-advocate J C Seth had on March 8, 2011 persuaded the SC to seek response from the Centre on

Source:- timesnownews.com The Supreme Court has on Thursday upheld the judgment and said that privacy is a fundamental right under the Constitution of India. Here is the timeline of events: 1962: Kharak Singh vs State of Uttar Pradesh Khahrak Singh filed a petition after he was let off in a dacoity case due to lack