In a democracy, the opinions of people & the Opposition have to be given due space in decision-making and not humiliated or disrespected. Being in a majority and flexing muscles to arbitrarily pass laws and draft policies violates Constitutional mandates.
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Justice K.M. Joseph vacated his official bungalow the day after his retirement, & Abhay S. Oka J., followed suit, relinquishing his within days of retiring. These judges lead by example, demonstrating integrity&humility. Immense respect to them for upholding such high standards.
7th July #TheDayInHistory#OnThisDay in the year 1948, The Damodar Valley Corporation came into existence as the 1st multipurpose river valley project of Indipendent India. Dr #BabaSahebAmbedkar played a pivotal role in the coordinated efforts for the devpt of Damodar Basin by the central govt. He persued relentlessly for the development of Damodar Valley.
Dr Ambedkar evolved a new water and power policy during 1942-46 to utilise the water resources of the country to the best advantage of everybody and the Tennessee Valley Scheme of USA was an ideal model to emulate. He rightly visualised that only multipurpose project can be a fine prospect for the control of the river, a prospect of controlling floods of securing a fine area for perennial irrigation with resultant insurance against famine, much needed supply of power and uplifting the living standard of poverty-stricken people of India.
Dr Ambedkar was instrumental in evolving multipurpose approach for water resources development on the basis of river valley basin, and introduction of the concept of river valley authority which are summarily now-a-days termed as Integrated Water Resources Management.
Retired Supreme Court judge Justice Abhay S Oka recently urged law students to consider taking up litigation as a career choice.
Litigation is a great opportunity for law grads to do social work while earning handsomely, he told NLSIU students during an orientation event.
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#NLSIU #JusticeASOka #Careerinlitigation #Litigation #Lawschool #Lawstudent #BarandBench
The Lokpal website has a total of 620 final orders passed since January 2023.
I went through all of them to see what it has been up to.
Here's what I found: Orders directing CBI probes or prosecution sanctions involved the small fish in the sea-- from...
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It is ridiculous for @YouTube to ban Journo Mirror for just reporting my statement on Rohingya Refugees who are facing Genocide in Myanmar & are being cruelly pushed out of India. It is arbitrary & a violation of Freedom of Speech and Media. Please restore it immediately
Roundtable at the UK Supreme Court, London, on the theme: “Maintaining Judicial Legitimacy and Public Confidence”.
Roundtable featured the following speakers:
· Justice B.R. Gavai, Chief Justice of India
· The Rt Hon Lord Leggatt, Justice of the UK Supreme Court
· Justice Vikram Nath, Judge, SupremeCourt of India
· The Rt Hon Dame Sue Carr, Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales
Moderator: Gourab Banerji, Senior Advocate
"Manual scavenging is not a profession, it's Caste Hindu ATROCITY on Dalits!!! Govt can demonetize 1,000 rupee notes in 4 hours, why can't it eradicate this atrocity in 78 years?" - Bezwada Wilson
🎯India needs a software update to its Casteism and Patriarchy
4th June #TheDayInHistory#OTD in 1913, An agreement signed b/n Dr #BabaSahebAmbedkar & Maharaja #SayajiraoGaekwad that after his studies he would serve the Baroda State. #DrAmbedkar had applied for the scholarship on Sayajirao's suggestion.He received a scholarship of £230/annum. In the 3rd week of July 1913, #DrAmbedkar enrolled at @Columbia USA, with the Gaekwad Scholarship. He was the first Mahar Dalit to study in a foreign university. On 2nd June 1915, He was awarded MA degree in Economics on presenting a paper titled “Ancient Indian Commerce".
Our director @JeraldSJCL speaks to Yasir Arfath about marginalisation, inclusion, exclusion and why society cannot be apathetic....action is warranted
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Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association condemns remark by BJP leader Nishikant Dubey against CJI Sanjiv Khanna
SCAORA says such "remarks are not only factually baseless and deeply irresponsible, but they also amount to a direct and unwarranted attack on the independence, dignity, and majesty of our country's highest Constitutional Court."
#SupremeCourtOfIndia @nishikant_dubey