If men menstruated, they would understand: Supreme Court on Madhya Pradesh HC firing women judges
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday came down heavily on the Madhya Pradesh High Court for terminating services of women civil judges and refusing to reinstate them, expressing its frustration, "if men menstruated, they would understand".
The bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and N. Kotiswar Singh was hearing the case of one of the six women judicial officers whose services were terminated after being deemed inadequate by the Madhya Pradesh High Court. The termination, which was based on the low disposal rate of cases, drew sharp criticism from the top court, which argued that the personal challenges faced by the judicial officers, including physical and mental health issues, had not been adequately taken into consideration.
The bench made a stern observation, stating, “Disposal rate of a case cannot be a yardstick when the judge was suffering mentally and physically.”
The case came to the attention of the Supreme Court in January, when the court took suo-motu cognizance of the terminations and appointed senior advocate Gaurav Agarwal as amicus curiae to assist the court.
“I wish men had menstruation, then only they would understand,” Justice Nagarathna observed verbally, enraged over the apathy shown by the HC towards the judicial officer’s health.
"Particularly for women, if they are suffering physically and mentally, do not say they are slow and send them home. Let there be same criteria for male judges and judicial officers, we will see then, and we know what happens. How can you have target units (of case disposal) for district judiciary," the bench asserted.
The court scheduled the matter for further hearing on December 12.
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Araijeet's four goals hand India 5th title in men's junior Asia Cup
Muscat, Dec 4: Araijeet Singh Hundal slammed four goals as defending champions India defeated arch-rivals Pakistan 5-3 in the summit clash to win a hat-trick of titles in the men's junior Asia Cup here on Wednesday.
This was India's fifth title in the continental tournament, having previously won the crown in 2004, 2008, 2015 and 2023.
The tournament was not held in 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Araijeet converted three penalty corners in the fourth, 18th and 54th minutes besides finding the net from a field effort in the 47th minute. Dilraj Singh (19th) was the other goal getter for India.
For Pakistan, Sufyan Khan (30th, 39th) converted two penalty corners, while Hannan Shahid scored from field play in the third minute.
Japan defeated Malaysia 2-1 to claim the third spot earlier in the day.
There was hardly anything to differentiate between the two sides as both India and Pakistan fought hard for ball possession in the first quarter.
The highlight of the first quarter was ariel passes employed by both the teams.
But Pakistan had the first laugh, striking as early as the third minute through a field goal from Shahid.
India didn't sit back and secured their first penalty corner seconds later, and Araijeet stepped up to draw level with a powerful drag-flick to the right of Pakistan goalkeeper.
India upped their game in the second quarter and secured their second penalty corner in the 18th minute and Araijeet struck again with another powerful flick.
A minute later, a fine field goal by Dilraj extended India's lead to 3-1.
Pakistan, however, reduced the margin in the 30th minute through a penalty corner conversion by Sufyan.
Pakistan were the better side on display after the change of ends and they drew level in the 39th minute through another penalty corner conversion by Sufyan.
India secured their third penalty corner in the 47th minute, but Araijeet's effort was saved by Pakistan goalkeeper Muhammad Janjua.
Araijeet, however, was not to be denied his hat-trick as he found the net from a field effort seconds later to hand India the lead again.
India pressed hard on the Pakistan citadel in the final 10 minutes and secured a few more penalty corners and Araijeet found the net again from a fine variation to make the scoreline 5-3.
