India's Supreme Court Withdraws Opinion On Catholic School's Grooming Policy

Today's Indian Catholic reports that on July 6, India's Supreme Court withdrew a March 30 ruling (see prior posting) that upheld the right of a Catholic school to enforce its grooming policy. Sixteen year old Muslim student, Mohammed Salim, left the Nirmala Convent Higher Secondary School when it insisted that he comply with its requirement that male students be clean shaven. He lost his lawsuit, but the Supreme Court's opinion drew criticism because of a statement in it by Justice Markandey Katju who said: "We don’t want to have Taliban in the country." Apparently that language is what led to the opinion's withdrawal. The Church says it has not yet received "any official communication from the court."