The writer is distinguished jurist chair and professor of eminence, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Amity University.
October 20, 2015 00:04 IST
Separate personal laws for communities are antithetical to a uniform civil code.
August 01, 2015 00:00 IST
The concept of wakf for the settler’s limitless generations is archaic.
June 11, 2015 00:48 IST
Constitution and legal precedent give individuals the right to say no to yoga.
April 27, 2015 00:05 IST
Constitution, not community’s code, should decide religion-based disputes.
March 14, 2015 00:00 IST
To claim that heavenly law is supra-constitutional is to live in a fool’s paradise
December 25, 2014 00:00 IST
If it wants to show respect to Vajpayee, the Modi government must curb attempts to create communal tension
November 20, 2014 23:57 IST
The question of hereditary imams raises complex legal and religious questions.
September 19, 2014 01:03 IST
The SC rulings in Sarla Mudgal and Lily Thomas have not stopped the horrendous practice of married men committing fraud.
August 09, 2014 02:25 IST
A blanket ban would not violate religious rights of any individual or community.
July 14, 2014 00:38 IST
The Supreme Court has not declared fatwas illegal. It has situated them within the law.
May 22, 2014 00:25 IST
But new government will be judged by how it treats minorities.
February 27, 2010 03:57 IST
On his birthday,celebrate Islams Prophet as a man who believed in secular knowledge and gender equality....
January 12, 2010 02:28 IST
On the eve of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasinas ongoing visit to India,the media highlighted a recent development in her countrys judicial spectrum.
December 29, 2009 03:37 IST
The National Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities,popularly known as Ranganath Misra Commission...
October 13, 2009 22:16 IST
Reforming Muslim law answers the call for a uniform civil code....
September 17, 2009 04:11 IST
Jinnah is once again changing the course of Indian politics. Ever since 1947,he has been seen in India as the sole architect of Partition...
September 07, 2009 02:20 IST
Why some Muslim clergy are on a collision course with the courts....
June 11, 2005 00:00 IST
The world will judge India’s secularism by the treatment she metes out to Aligarh.” These meaningful words were uttered in the ear...