In what can be construed as magnificent display of professionalism, Karnataka Advocate General Mr. Prabhuling Navadagi met each one the arguments of the petitioners. Addressing his arguments on 21 February, the AG annihilated the arguments of the petitioners. The following judgements were quoted extensively. Durgah Committee, Ajmer and Another v. Syed Hussain Ali and Others …
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When one says I need to prepare for trial, it is always assumed that the person is preparing for cross-examination. I always thought that trial advocacy means only cross-examination. If you look at books on advocacy, you will find one small section on opening or closing arguments, on small section on examination in chief and …
Ajay J Nandalike, Advocate, Bengaluru. In 2007 just before joining the profession, I was interning with a law firm and discussing with the Partner on career prospects. I told him I wanted to work in the area of arbitration. I will never forget his answer. He said, “ultimately arbitration is just procedural law just like …
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In Leyla Sahin v. Turkey, https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/fre#{%22itemid%22:[%22001-70956%22 the European Court of Human Rights upheld a ban on headscarf by the University of Istanbul does not of Sahin’s freedom of thought, conscience, and religion under Convention Article 9. The Court also stated that “the University of Istanbul’s regulations imposing restrictions on the wearing of Islamic headscarves and the measures taken to …
In his article “Rights of Women and Muslim Societies”, (7 Socio-Legal Rev. 44 (2011) Asghar Ali Engineer, a prolific writer and activist categorically says that the Quran does not prescribe the hijab. He observes; “Another example is that of the veil or purdah or burqa, frequently in the news today. The Qur’an does not prescribe the hijab A veil. …
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The earliest judgment as I can see is Spiers v Warrington Corporation [1954] 1 QB 61. A Muslim student wished to wear a Hijab a full Islamic dress, but this was not consistent with the school’s uniform policy. She complained that this interfered with her right to express her religion. The appeal court ultimately upheld …
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Regular First Appeal 2247 of 2007. Order dated 13 January 2022. Sri.G.Ravi Shankar Shastry, learned counsel appearing for the appellants and Sri.K.Sachindra Karanth, learned counsel appearing for respondent No.1 submit that they are not aware of the order dated 29.03.2021 since the same has not been uploaded on the website. 2. This Court being surprised …
The Anekal Taluk Court’s Principal Civil Judge Gokula K, Additional Civil Judges Ramprashanth MN and Santhosha Kumar Daivajna, with the help of Anekal Taluk Legal Services Authority, Anekal Advocates Association and Police officers have brought to life 400 year old lake (kalyani) in Anekal. The lake was in bad shape and was almost sub-merged in dirt …
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B.V.Acharya, Senior Advocate and former Advocate General The statement of CJI (Hon’ble Justice N.V. Ramana) that the “Judges appoint Judges” to the higher judiciary is not correct is an assertion which has not only the effect of creating a totally wrong impression in the minds of the public but also contradicting the statement of the …
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