Kerala 'love jihad' case
The Supreme Court will today continue to hear a Muslim man’s request for annulling a Kerala high court order cancelling his marriage with a Hindu girl who converted to Islam.
Four months ago, the Kerala High Court had sent Hadiya with her parents K.M. Asokan and Ponnamma after annulling her marriage with Shafin Jahan. Recently, while hearing a matter, the Kerala High Court observed- "all inter-religious marriages cannot be termed love jihad".
Last month, a group of people had submitted a petition to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and demanded a probe into the alleged unlawful incarceration of Hadiya, the 24-year-old Vaikom native, who had converted to Islam after marriage.
The case is under consideration of the Apex Court now, which had ordered the NIA investigation into it.
Ryan murder case
The Supreme Court will on Monday hear a plea filed by Varun Thakur, father of Pradyuman Thakur who was found dead in a mysterious condition in Gurugram's Ryan International School. A bench led by Chief Justice Dipak Misra will hear petitions demanding strict guidelines for children’s safety in private schools.
Earlier on October 13, the apex court issued notices to the Pinto family, the owners and trustees of Ryan International School in connection with murder of seven-year-old Pradyuman.
On September 8, the body of the class II student Pradyuman was found inside the toilet of the school, with his throat slit.
Article 35A
Supreme Court is expected to deliver a verdict in favour of pleas seeking the repeal of Article 35A. The Article relates to special rights and privileges of the permanent residents of Jammu and Kashmir.
Article 35A, added to the Indian Constitution by a Presidential Order in 1954, also empowers the state's legislature to frame laws without attracting a challenge on grounds of violating the Right to Equality of people from other states or any other right under the Constitution.
Article 35(A) also gives special rights to the permanent residents and prohibits outsiders from buying or owning immovable property there.
