The principles that the Supreme Court lays down in hearing final arguments on review petitions will have a bearing not only on the Sabarimala dispute but also on a host of other controversies as well ...

A nine-judge bench will revisit Sabarimala, examining religious freedom, equality, and the limits of court intervention in matters of faith.

India’s Supreme Court has set the stage for a landmark constitutional review of anti-conversion laws across 12 states, as ...

Concerns over continuing ethnic violence in Manipur, attempt to isolate and target tribal Christians in others ...

​In 2006, the Indian Young Lawyers Association approached the Supreme Court of India, arguing that barring women violated constitutional guarantees of equality and freedom of religion. By 2016, the ...

In April, a nine-judge bench will hear a review of the 2018 Sabarimala verdict that deemed as unconstitutional the prohibition of entry of women in their “menstruating years” into the temple. But at s ...

Supreme Court schedules nine-judge bench hearing on Sabarimala review from April 7, 2026, to examine women’s entry and religious freedom under Articles 25 and 26.

India’s Catholic bishops made a plea for the repeal of anti-conversion laws that they said are not only “inconsistent with ...

The batch of matters arose out of the review of the 2018 verdict allowing entry of women of all ages into Kerala’s Sabarimala temple.

Justice Vivek Kumar Singh agreed with the petitioners. He ruled that the Indian Constitution grants adults the personal choice to marry or not, and to enter into a live-in relationship. A consensual ...

A high-level consultation in New Delhi on religious freedom in South Asia highlighted India's strong constitutional framework as a stabilizing force and a lesson for neighbours like Pakistan and ...

The HTS government sought and gained friendly relations with most countries except Iran and its Shia allies, but for America ...