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04/08/2014

1ST ANNUAL STATE LEVEL SWATI BHATI MEMORIAL MOOT COURT COMPETITION 2014.

ORGANISED BY THE LITERARY AND ACADEMIC COMMITTEE OF FACULTY OF LAW, JNVU, JODHPUR, RAJASTHAN

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15/04/2014

In a landmark judgment on a PIL filed by National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) the Supreme Court on Tuesday created the "third gender" status fortransgenders. Earlier, they were forced to write male or female against their gender.

"I am very happy, today we(Transgenders) have been given same rights as men and women"-------LAXMI TRIPATHI - PETITIONER

The SC asked the Centre to treat transgender as socially and economically backward.

WHY THIS JUDGMENT HAS BEEN DELIVERED BY THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA.

ISSUE 1. Transgenders being harassed and discriminated in the society and passed a slew of directions for their social welfare.

ISSUE 2. Transgenders were respected earlier in the society but situation has been completely changed and they now face discrimination and harassment.

ISSUE 3. Section 377 of IPC is being misused by police and other authorities against them and their social and economic condition is far from satisfactory.

ISSUE 4. Gay, le***an and bis*xuals are also considered under the umbrella term 'transgender'.

ISSUE 5. Transgenders are part and parcel of the society and the government must take steps to bring them in the main stream of society.

The apex court said that

1. Transgenders will be allowed admission in educational institutions and given employment on the basis that they belonged to the third gender category.

2. The third gender people will be considered as OBCs.

3. The states and the Center will devise social welfare schemes for third gender community and run a public awareness campaign to erase social stigma.

4. They will get equal opportunities in education and employment.

5. The SC said they will be given educational and employment reservation as OBCs.

6. The SC also added that if a person surgically changes his/her s*x, then he or she is entitled to her changed s*x and can not be discriminated.

7. The states must construct special public toilets and departments to look into their special medical issues.

8. This is for the first time that the third gender has got a formal recognition.

PRAYER

PETITIONER prayed before the court to give separate identity to transgenders by recognising them as third category of gender.

12/04/2014

Justice R M Lodha to be sworn in as next Chief Justice of India on April 27. RAJENDRA MAL LODHA had born in Jodhpur, Rajasthan on 28 september 1949.

12/11/2013

It is a pleasure to inform that we have succeeded in the matter of Salman khan case today. Hon'ble high court has pronounced its judgement. The conviction of Salman khan has been stayed. Now salman khan is free to travel outside India without any difficulty.

08/09/2013

ALLEGED NUJS SEXUAL HARASSER SUSPENDED BY COLLEGE AFTER DODGING INQUIRY

NUJS Kolkata on Saturday suspended the administrative employee accused by a colleague of s*xual harassment, who was due to file a written reply to an inquiry committee at the law school. The law school cited non-cooperation as the reason for suspension.
NUJS registrar Surojit Mukhopadhyay told The Telegraph that the suspension order was communicated to the accused by email on Saturday, because he had been absconding. He added that the staffer would remain suspended until the internal inquiry committee came up with a “firm resolution”.
The accused was not traceable by the police after the colleague accused him of s*xual harassment, physical assault and criminal intimidation by threat of an acid attack. However, he had filed for anticipatory bail last week and his application will be heard by a magistrate today.
He had been on leave since the victim complained internally at NUJS, applying for an extension of his leave on 1 August. However, the administration had declined to grant the extension, as reported by Legally India, with vice chancellor Prof Ishwara Bhatt saying that the administration intended to hand him over to the police as soon as he showed up on campus.
The victim had first filed her complaint on 12 June, allegedly over a year after informally bringing the issue to Bhatt’s notice. After no internal hearing in her complaint at the law school for 43 days, she filed a criminal complaint at the Bidhannagar police station against the accused. Until Saturday’s suspension, the accused had only been asked to go on leave without pay.
NUJS was due to hold the first hearing in her complaint on 20 August.

08/09/2013

SC SUGGESTS RE-LOOK AT DOWRY HARASSMENT IN IPC

The Supreme Court calls for a serious re-look at Section 498 A, the dowry harassment clause in the Indian Penal Code
The Supreme Court of India has expressed serious concern over the number of dowry harassment cases being filed and has asked the Centre to re-visit the law on the issue. It noted that, throughout the country, courts are receiving a large number of cases under Section 498 A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which was inserted in 1983 to deal with dowry harassment cases.
The court said: “It is a matter of common experience that most of these complaints under Section 498 A of the IPC are filed in the heat of the moment over trivial issues without proper deliberations. We come across a large number of such complaints which are not even bona fide and are filed with oblique motive. At the same time, a rapid increase in the number of genuine cases of dowry harassment is also a matter of serious concern.”
“We would like to observe that a serious re-look at the entire provision is warranted by the legislation. It is also a matter of common knowledge that exaggerated versions of the incident are reflected in a large number of complaints. The tendency of over implication is also reflected in a very large number of cases,” said the Bench comprising Justices Dalveer Bhandari and K S Radhakrishnan.
Justice Bhandari, writing the judgment for the Bench, said: “The courts are receiving a large number of cases emanating from Section 498 A of the Indian Penal Code. Unfortunately, matrimonial litigation is rapidly increasing in our country. All the courts in our country, including this court, are flooded with matrimonial cases. This clearly demonstrates discontent and unrest in the family life of a large number of people in society.”
“To find out the truth in such complaints is a Herculean task in a majority of cases. At times, even after the conclusion of a criminal trial, it is difficult to ascertain the real truth,” Justice Bhandari added.
He directed the registry of the apex court to send a copy of the verdict to the Law Commission and the law secretary who may place it before the Union law minister to take appropriate steps in the larger interests of society.

17/08/2013

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