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Sexism in the Indian Judiciary
Dear Milord
Where are the real women in the judiciary?

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#SupremeCourtofIndia #JusticeChandrachud #Womeninjudiciary #India #Indianlaw #WomensRights #female #highcourt twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
1. Totaly misplaced priorities of the Supreme Court of India
One week ago Supreme Court of India announced that it will create 9 gender-neutral restrooms in its main building and additional buildings of the court.
I have a question here:
Do we have sufficient infrastructure for… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
2. How many Women Judges do we have in Indian Judiciary?
The Supreme Court has constituted an all-women bench to hear petitions involving matrimonial disputes and bail matters. This is only the third occasion in the history of the Supreme Court that an all-women bench has been… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
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In a significant judgment, the #SupremeCourtofIndia has declared that unmarried women are also entitled to seek abortion of pregnancy within 20-24 weeks arising out of a consensual relationship. Image
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The Court ruled that the exclusion of unmarried women who conceive out of live-in relationships from the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Rules is unconstitutional.
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"All women are entitled to safe and legal abortion. If Rule 3B(c) is understood as only for married women, it would perpetuate the stereotype that only married women indulge in sexual activities. This is not constitutionally sustainable.
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[Suo Motu COVID-19]

Justice DY Chandrachud led three-judge bench of Supreme Court to resume hearing its suo motu case regarding supply of essential medicines, drugs, vaccines during the #COVID19 pandemic

#SupremeCourt #pandemic #suomotu
Supreme Court in its earlier order had directed the Central government to clarify the basis and rationale on which COVID-19 vaccines are being priced in the country
#supremecourtofindia #covid19 #pandemic
The top court had maintained that during a national crisis it cannot remain a mute spectator. But it clarified that it was not hearing the case to supplant the high courts.

Read all about the last hearing here:

barandbench.com/news/litigatio…
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[VACATION BENCH HEARING: Arnab Goswami vs State of Maharashtra]

Supreme Court bench led by Justice DY Chandrachud to begin hearing appeal against Bombay HC order denying #ArnabGoswami interim bail in 2018 abetment to suicide case at 10.30 am

#SupremeCourt
#ArnabGoswamiArrested
The plea by Goswami in SC states that his arrest was "illegal, mala-fide and politically motivated as evident from the multifarious proceedings initiated against him, his news channels, @republic and @RepublicBhart
at the behest of the
political dispensation."
Shortly after #ArnabGoswami plea was listed for today, Senior Adv Dushyant Dave raised questions on the selective listing of cases by SC Registry. In a rebuttal of sorts, Goswami's wife, Samyabrata stated why did Dave keep silent during @VinodDua7 & @pbhushan1 urgent hearings
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Sᴜᴅᴀʀsʜᴀɴ TV Hᴇᴀʀɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ Rᴇsᴜᴍᴇ
《Live Thread》

Justice DY Chandrachud led bench will hear the plea challenging @SudarshanNewsTV 's #UPSC_Jihad program at 12 pm. Senior Adv Shyam Divan for channel will argue to vacate the earlier injunction order

#SupremeCourt
Earlier the top court had injuncted @SureshChavhanke from airing the program detailing about how Muslims were infiltrating UPSC services. Sudarshan News claims the show is about the illegal foreign funding tied to terrorist linked organizations in minority UPSC coaching centres
Senior Adv Shyam Divan for @SudarshanNewsTV will begin arguments today citing how the injunction order needs to be vacated in view of freedom of press and speech.

Petitioners maintain the show disturbs communal harmony in the country and unjustly targest the largest minority.
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Supreme Court Bench of Justices DY Chandrachud & MR Shah to pronounce its orders on @Republic TV Chief, Arnab Goswami's pleas seeking to quash the FIRs filed against him regarding the reporting of Palghar lynching & the Bandra migrants.

#ArnabGoswami #SupremeCourt #Republic
Justice Chandrachud: Article 32 of the Constitution protects fundamental right of citizens. Petitioner is media journalist and journalists have fundamental right to speak truth to power.

#ArnabGoswami #SupremeCourt #Republic #JusticeChandrachud
Justice Chandrachud: But this right is not absolute

#ArnabGoswami #SupremeCourt #Republic #JusticeChandrachud
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Supreme Court to hear a petition filed by BJP MLAs from Madhya Pradesh seeking a direction to conduct a floor test in the state assembly. #SupremeCourt #MPFloorTest @ChouhanShivraj @OfficeOfKNath #KamalnathGovernment
SC had issued notice yesterday to the Speaker of the Assembly and Chief Minister Kamal Nath, among others. The Court has directed for the notice to be served via email, @WhatsApp, as well as dasti order through the state's standing counsel. #MPFloorTest #KamalnathGovernment
Supreme Court Bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Hemant Gupta assembles. The matter has been passed over.

#SupremeCourt #MPFloorTest
@ChouhanShivraj
@OfficeOfKNath
#KamalnathGovernment
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What are the possible options before the #SupremeCourt? Maxamilist, lean maximalist, minimalist...
See our pre-judgement matrix #Section377 #SCObserver
scobserver.clpr.org.in/court-case/sec…
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The 5-judge Bench assembled at 11.30 to announce its judgement on #Section377. #CJIDipakMisra is reading the judgement. There are four concurring opinions
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#Section377 has been struck down. #CJI says, 'it is irrational and manifestly arbitrary'
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