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23 Apr 2010, 4:25 am by Howard Friedman
According to the Montreal Gazette, Superior Court Justice Steven Rogin said that the witness, a physician and gurdwara leader, will not be permitted to bring his kirpan into the courthouse even though the ban may breach his charter right to freedom of religion. [read post]
30 Mar 2010, 11:21 pm by admin@lawiscoool.com (Omar Ha-Redeye)
 As Justice Cory once wrote, “it is difficult to imagine a guaranteed right more important to a democratic society. [read post]
16 Mar 2010, 10:49 pm by V.Venkatesan
Mandal stirred up the electorate, brought in new awareness about subaltern identity, and gave a fillip to the social justice parties. [read post]
7 Feb 2010, 10:11 pm by charonqc
  On the face of it, this seems a vaguely sane and sensible idea to contribute to the costs of bringing criminals to justice. [read post]
11 Jan 2010, 7:56 am
One of the earliest, and most famous, cases featured in the documentary is that of the Komagata Maru, the ship carrying Sikh, Muslim, and Hindu immigrants who were denied permission to land in Vancouver in 1914. [read post]
20 Dec 2009, 12:00 pm by Howard Friedman
Currently Scheduled Caste status is available only to Hindus, Buddhists and Sikhs. [read post]
17 Dec 2009, 5:40 am
The majority of the Justices seemed unable to conclude that biological criteria could be anything other than racial. [read post]
16 Dec 2009, 12:30 pm
Following the British pattern of separate opinions from each Justice, the case involves nine opinions spanning 92 pages. [read post]
1 Dec 2009, 11:00 pm
A press release from Public Justice announced the filing of the lawsuit. [read post]
9 Nov 2009, 6:00 am
Under such threats, the resolve to uphold freedom of speech has proved to be lamentably weak: in the same year as Van Gogh’s murder, Behzti, a play written by a British Sikh playwright, was cancelled days after violence erupted among protesters in Birmingham, England on opening night. [read post]
9 Nov 2009, 1:25 am
Despite Justice Black's declaration that "No law means no law," the Constitution's protection of free speech is not, and never has been absolute. [read post]
26 Aug 2009, 2:07 pm
Defendants are entitled to trials that others of their faith may freely attend, and spectators of all faiths are entitled to see justice being done. [read post]
14 Apr 2009, 12:20 am
The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division had also begun an investigation into the matter. [read post]
4 Apr 2009, 4:53 pm
In her column in HT today, Burkha Dutt quotes Rahul Singh to suggest that turban is much more central to the religious identity of Sikhs than the beard is to the identity of Muslims. [read post]
3 Apr 2009, 1:15 pm
I would broadly endorse his concern over Justice Katju's unfortunate reported remarks. [read post]
3 Apr 2009, 12:36 am
The petition filed before the Supreme Court speaks about the fact that Sikhs are permitted to keep their beard, hinting at the fact that the school might have made an exception for Sikhs in this regard. [read post]