NEW DELHI: Allahabad high court judge Shekhar Kumar Yadav, who landed in controversy after his remark on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), appeared before the Supreme Court collegium on Tuesday.Yadav appeared before the collegium headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna and was asked to put forth his version of the statements made,…
NEW DELHI: The opposition is set to file a motion in the Rajya Sabha for removal of Allahabad HC judge Shekhar Kumar Yadav, whose controversial comments on a uniform civil code and Muslims at a VHP event triggered a major row, with even Supreme Court seeking a report from HC.While the motion is likely to…
NEW DELHI: Allahabad high court judge Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav‘s remark on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), calling it a measure to “eliminating unequal legal systems” has triggered controversy, with the Supreme Court intervening in the matter.Justice Yadav’s speech, made on December 8 while addressing a provincial convention of the legal cell and high court…
Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav (File photo) PRAYAGRAJ: Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav, the Allahabad HC judge who publicly backed the proposed Uniform Civil Code (UCC) at a VHP event during the weekend, had previously advocated making “cow protection a fundamental right of Hindu community”.Justice Yadav was among two judges invited to the provincial convention of VHP’s…
NEW DELHI: Ending a five-decade-old debate on insertions of words ‘socialist’ and ‘secular’ in the Preamble of the Constitution, the Supreme Court on Monday upheld the Emergency-era amendment to the Preamble and said these words neither impede private entrepreneurship nor fetter govt from getting rid of obnoxious religious practices.Throwing out challenge to the 42nd constitutional…