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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SC rejects plea by son of main petitioner against Places of Worship Act The Supreme Court of India has declined to consider a petition challenging the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991. This decision came as a petition was filed by Nitin Upadhyay, son of the.. IndiaTimes - Published 4 days ago
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