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DCDRC finds Matrimony.Com Ltd. liable for deficiency in service for failing to deliver video album of a marriage reception held in 2017

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

DCDRC directs hair salon and salon owner to pay compensation of Rs 1 Lakh for botched hair treatment leaving a customer’s hair in tangles

The complainant’s hair became extremely tangled after getting a hair spa treatment. As all efforts to untangle her hair went in vain; she had to cut her hair, which went against her religious tenets and beliefs as a Sikh and the affected her mentally, emotionally and professionally.

Case Briefs High Courts

Haj Pilgrimage and related ceremonies fall within the ambit of religious practice and are protected under Article 25: Delhi High Court

Religious freedoms are one of the most cherished rights guaranteed and enshrined under the Constitution in line with the vision of the founding fathers of the Modern Indian Republic and the religious freedom of the person was guaranteed by the Constitution of India under Article 25.

Case Briefs High Courts

Guj HC | Even FR’s are subject to public order, morality and health; Court dismisses petition, Parsees denied permission to perform last rites as per religious practice

Gujarat High Court: The Division Bench of Bela M. Trivedi and Bhargav D. Karia, JJ., dismissed a petition which was filed with

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COVID-19| Allowing Muharram processions across the country would lead to chaos & targeting of one community: SC

Supreme Court: The Court has refused allow mourning processions across the country during Muharram while observing that it will lead to chaos

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlingam Erosion: We can’t restrain religious offerings; Temple Committee should prepare a plan to prevent further erosion: SC

Supreme Court: In the petition highlighting the erosion of the Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlingam, Ujjain due to the religious offerings, the bench of Arun Mishra and