SC's gender handbook is too 'Harvard-oriented': CJI Chief Justice Surya Kant criticized the Supreme Court's gender stereotype handbook as overly technical and inaccessible to common people and rape survivors. He emphasized the need for practical training for High Court judges on handling sexual assault cases. The bench set aside an insensitive Allahabad High Court ruling on an attempted rape case. #Supreme_Court #Chief_Justice #Justice_Surya #Surya_Kant #High_Court #CJI_Chief #Kant_criticized #Harvard-oriented #overly_technical #common_people
Expect CJs of HCs to ensure speedy disposal of bail petitions: SC After learning that issues relating to bail and pleas for suspension of sentence after conviction were pending in HCs for months and getting routinely adjourned, a bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi said, “We are extremely disappointed over the manner in which matters relating to personal liberty of individuals are dealt with by the HCs.” #Chief_Justice #Justice_Surya #Surya_Kant #Joymalya_Bagchi #Justices_Joymalya #Expect_CJs #routinely_adjourned #bail_petitions #issues_relating #matters_relating
‘Vague, capable of misuse’: SC stays new UGC rules amid uproar — key quotes A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi issued notices to the Centre and the UGC on the pleas challenging the regulation. The new UGC regulations, notified on January 23, were challenged by various petitioners as being arbitrary, exclusionary, discriminatory and in violation of the Constitution as well as the University Grants Commission Act, 1956. #Chief_Justice #Justice_Surya #Justice_Joymalya #Surya_Kant #Joymalya_Bagchi #Bagchi_issued #amid_uproar #key_quotes #UGC_rules #rules_amid
