BJP's Lallu Singh defeated in Faizabad constituency, which includes Ayodhya
Lucknow, Jun 4: In a major upset in the Faizabad parliamentary constituency, where the temple town of Ayodhya is situated, Samajwadi Party candidate Awadhesh Prasad defeated sitting BJP MP Lallu Singh by a margin of 54,567 votes.
According to the Election Commission data, Prasad polled 5,54,289 votes while Lallu Singh got 4,99,722. The BSP's Sachidanand Pandey managed to secure 46,407 votes.
In all, 13 candidates were in the fray in Faizabad.
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77% of High Court judges appointed since 2018 from upper castes: Law Ministry to Parliament
New Delhi: The Ministry of Law and Justice recently informed the Parliament that around 77 percent (551 out of 715) of all High Court judges appointed since 2018 were from upper caste communities.
In response to a question from Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Manoj Kumar Jha regarding diversity in the judiciary, Law Minister Arjun Kumar Meghwal said, “Out of 715 High Court Judges appointed since 2018, 22 belong to SC category, 16 belong to ST category, 89 belong to OBC category, and 37 belong to minorities.”
The ministry pointed out that as per the Memorandum of Procedure (MoP), the responsibility for initiation of proposals for appointment of Judges in the Supreme Court vests with the Chief Justice of India, while the responsibility for initiation of proposals for appointment of Judges in the High Courts vests with the Chief Justice of the concerned High Court.
“Only those persons who are recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium, are appointed as Judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts,” it added.
However, the ministry shared that the government has been requesting the chief justices of High Courts to give due consideration to “suitable candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, minorities and women to ensure social diversity in the appointment of judges in High Courts.”
