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Two-Finger "Virginity Test" Should Be Removed From Medical Textbooks: Maharashtra Prof Writes To Centre
Dr Indrajit Khandekar, professor of forensic medicine at Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (MGIMS) in Maharashtra's Sewagram, has reportedly written to the Medical Council of India (MCI) seeking removal of the 'two-finger test' or the 'virginity test' from the medical curriculum.Dr. Khandekar has asserted that the test has no scientific basis and violates human rights. He points...
Former Acting CJ of Bombay HC Justice Chandrashekhar Dharmadhikari,Dies at 91
Former Acting Chief Justice of Bombay High Court, a Gandhian and a freedom fighter, Chandrashekhar Shankar Dharmadhikari died today, he was 91 years old. He is survived by a daughter and two sons, one of them is Justice SC Dharmadhikari of the Bombay High Court and the other is Ashutosh Dharmadhikari, practising in the High Court. He delivered a judgement as an additional judge of the...
Incorrect Translation Of Questions: Calcutta HC Awards 20 More Marks To NEET Candidate [Read Judgment]
"Denying him marks on contention he ought to have compared with the questions set in English would be unjust."The Calcutta High Court has ordered to give 20 additional marks to a NEET candidate whose answers got wrong due to incorrect translation of questions.Washim Akram Hossain, who took the test in Bengali, had approached the high court seeking compensatory marks. He contended that due...
Madras HC DB Stays Order Banning Online Sale Of Medicines
The Madras High Court Wednesday stayed until further orders a single judge's order banning online sale of medicines, saying patients would be affected if it was prohibited all of a sudden. A division bench of Justice M Sathyanarayanan and Justice P Rajamanickam granted the interim stay, allowing miscellaneous petitions filed by a batch of traders involved in online sale...
Students From National Law Schools Must Also Come To Judiciary, Says Law Minister In LS
"Now, it is 70 years since Independence. Why should the intake in the subordinate judiciary not invite the best talent of the country from institutes like the National Law School, etc. so that we have a good pool of talented people becoming Additional District Judges and subsequently in the higher category? That is the whole idea."
No Political Interference In Process Of Transfer Of Govt Servants From Now On; Maharashtra Govt Assures Bombay HC [Read Judgment]
The Bombay High Court recently observed that a sitting MLA and a Cabinet Minister in the BJP-run state government had influenced the transfer of a government servant. The court made the observation while hearing a writ petition filed by one Balasaheb Tidke, a 45-year-old sub-divisional officer, Thane. In response, the state government has now assured the court in an affidavit that provisions...
Cannot Deny Maternity Benefits To Contractual Employees: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]
The Kerala High Court has reiterated that maternity benefits cannot be denied to women employees just because they are contractual employees.The judgment was passed by Justice A. Muhamed Mustaque.The court was hearing a petition filed by one Ms. Rasitha CH, who had been working as an Assistant Professor in Medical Microbiology on contract basis at the School of Health Sciences, in...
Kerala HC Dismisses PIL Questioning Rights Of Pandalam Royal Family And Thazhaman Thanthri Family Over Sabarimala [Read Judgment]
"The challenge here relates to religious belief and practice and the counsel for the petitioner failed to show, even on a prima facie basis, how such religious belief and practice should be a matter of court intervention."