Ashwini Upadhyay

Indian politician and lawyer (born 1975)

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Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay is a politician and lawyer at the Supreme Court of India and a leader of the Bharatiya Janta Party Delhi unit. In 2011, he quit his job to join Anna Hazare's anti-corruption movement and subsequently joined the newly formed the Aam Aadmi Party of which he was one of the founding members. He is known for filing Public Interest Litigations (PILs).

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Delhi high court asks Centre to consider representation for linking property with Aadhaar The Delhi High Court has asked the Centre to consider a plea seeking the linking of property documents with Aadhaar numbers to curb corruption and 'benami' transactions. The court stated that these are.. IndiaTimes - Published on December 21, 2023
Enacting uniform civil laws Parliament's domain: SC Disposing of a PIL filed by advocate Ashwini Upadhyay, the SC on Wednesday said it was within Parliament's exclusive domain to enact uniform marriage, divorce, adoption, and succession laws applicable.. IndiaTimes - Published on March 30, 2023
Can't legislate on women's marriage age: Supreme Court A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, and Justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala, while dealing with Ashwini Upadhyay's petition which was transferred to SC from the Delhi HC, asked, "Can we.. IndiaTimes - Published on February 20, 2023

In principle, Centre supports PILs for uniform personal laws Appearing for Muslim organisations and individuals, Kapil Sibal told a bench of CJI Chandrachud and Justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala he had preliminary objections to the maintainability of.. IndiaTimes - Published on February 20, 2023
Can Supreme Court ask Parliament to enact law for UCC? Top court to decide One of the petitioners, Ashwini Upadhyay, watered down his demands and said the court should at least send the issue for a thorough examination by the Law Commission, which after completing scrutiny of.. IndiaTimes - Published on January 6, 2023
Forced religious conversion against Constitution: SC Reaffirming that forced religious conversion is a "serious issue", the Supreme Court said on Monday it is against the Constitution.The court was hearing a plea filed by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay.. IndiaTimes - Published on December 5, 2022

Centre to Delhi HC: 'Vande Mataram, Jana Man Gan equal, citizens must show equal respect to both' The Centre's response came on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) moved by BJP leader and lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay. DNA - Published on November 5, 2022
Can’t call schemes ‘freebies’, says DMK, seeks to join case in SC Requesting to become a party in the pending petition by Ashwini Upadhyay challenging distribution of freebies in which the SC has agreed to set up an expert panel to evolve a regulatory mechanism, the.. IndiaTimes - Published on August 16, 2022
Aam Aadmi Party moves SC to intervene in PIL seeking regulation of 'freebies' The Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court to intervene in a plea seeking regulation of freebies. The Arvind Kejriwal-led party told the court that petitioner Ashwini Upadhyay, linked to.. IndiaTimes - Published on August 9, 2022