Communities and Courts
Sethi, Manisha![Communities and Courts](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/456/45634416/CHSBZCOP0345634416.jpg)
The entanglement of law and religion is reiterated on a daily basis in India. Communities and groups turn to the courts to seek positive recognition of their religious identities or sentiments, as well as a validation of their practices. Equally, courts have become the most potent site of the play of conflicts and contradictions between religious groups. The judicial power thus not only arbiters conflicts but also defines what constitutes the ...