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Congress alleges govt ‘bulldozing’ delimitation in name of women’s reservation

Congress alleges govt ‘bulldozing’ delimitation in name of women’s reservation

The Congress on Thursday alleged that the government wants to “bulldoze” delimitation in the name of women`s reservation, and asserted that if it is really committed to implementing the women`s quota law it should do so immediately on the basis of the current strength of Lok Sabha. Initiating the discussion on the three bills moved to amend the women`s quota law and set up a delimitation commission, Gogoi said the bills are “anti-women, anti-caste census, anti-Constitution and anti-federal structure of the country”. The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill to tweak the women`s quota law was introduced in Lok Sabha on Thursday after a division of votes. Two ordinary bills the Delimitation Bill and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill to implement the proposed amended women`s quota law in Union territories of Delhi, Puducherry and Jammu and Kashmir were also introduced in the House. In his remarks in the Lower House, Gogoi accused the government of attempting to take political advantage through delimitation and gerrymandering. “What they did through delimitation in Jammu and Kashmir and in Assam, …

‘Like bulldozing laws of country’ – India TV

Image Source : PTI Supreme Court of India The Supreme Court on Thursday made a strong observation on ‘bulldozer justice’ while hearing a petition of a person from Gujarat. The Supreme Court said a bulldozer cannot be run on a person’s house just because he is an accused in a case.  “It is the court’s job to decide whether the accused is guilty or not. This country is ruled by law, a person’s mistake cannot be punished by taking action against his family or demolishing his house,” the apex court asserted. The top court said that the court cannot ignore such bulldozer action. Allowing such action to happen would be like running a bulldozer on the rule of law, it added. The court of Justice Hrishikesh Roy, Justice Sudhashu Dhulia and Justice SVN Bhatti made these comments during the hearing the petition. Here is the copy of SC order What was the matter? A person named Javed Ali from Gujarat filed a petition in the Supreme Court saying that due to an FIR against a member …