Justice Rajendra Menon is new Delhi HC Chief Justice, Justice Mittal to head J&K HC
New Delhi, Aug 5: The Chief Justice of Patna High Court, Justice Rajendra Menon, has been transferred to the Delhi High Court in same capacity, whereas the Delhi High Court's Acting Chief Justice Geeta Mittal has been appointed the Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, becoming the first woman judge to head that court, said Law Ministry notifications on Saturday.
Menon will be taking charge on August 17.
The transfer of Justice Menon came on the recommendation of the collegium. on reconsideration, it superseded its January 10 recommendation to appoint Justice Aniruddha Bose -- senior puisne Judge of Calcutta High Court -- as the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, a recommendation returned by the Centre for reconsideration by the collegium.
Now, Justice Bose has been elevated as the Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court.
In a series of other appointments, a judge of Rajasthan High Court Justice K.S. Jhaveri has been elevated as the Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court. He replaces Justice Vineet Saran, who has been elevated to the top court.
Mumbai High Court's senior most judge, Justice V.K. Tahilramani, has been elevated as the Chief Justice of Madras High Court, replacing Justice Indira Banerjee, who has also been elevated to the apex court.
The senior-most Judge of Gujarat High Court, Justice M.R. Shah has been elevated as the Chief Justice of Patna High Court, while Justice Hrishikesh Roy, the Acting Chief Justice of Kerala High Court, has been elevated as its permanent Chief Justice.
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Mehendi artists in Jharkhand denied entry to wedding venue, asked to remove hijabs
Hazaribagh: A mehendi artist and her team were allegedly denied entry to a wedding venue and asked to remove their hijabs before applying mehendi at a hotel in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh. Following the altercation, the artists refused and left the venue.
According to Siasat Daily, Alia Ahmed and her team had arrived at Hotel Aranya Vihar to apply mehendi for a client. However, they were reportedly stopped at the entrance and asked to remove their hijabs before entering.
In a video circulating online, a man at the venue can be heard saying, “Bohot dikkat hai. Jaise tumko dikkat hai hijab me nai rehne ki waise hume dikkat hai isme lagane me. (We have a major problem. Just like you have an issue with not wearing a hijab, we also have a problem with you putting mehendi while wearing it).”
According to Alia, a client from Delhi had booked her services to apply mehendi on 40 to 50 people for a wedding. She said that an elderly relative of the family asked them to remove their religious coverings.
Refusing the demand, Alia said, “Yeh toh aisa galat hai na. Nai utar sakte hai hum. Nai toh phir chod dijiye. Hum wapas chale jayinge,” after which she and her team left the hotel premises.
In the video, Alia alleged that they were insulted over their attire. “They disrespected our hijab and niqab and said that only if we removed it would we be allowed to put mehendi,” she said.
“We waited long hours in this heat while we were fasting. No one even told us to sit,” she said.
Alia further said that she had previously worked with people from different communities and questioned why her religious attire had become an issue.
“Hamara kaam se matlab hona chahiye. Na ki hamara niqab se (Our work should matter, not our niqab),” she said, adding that one of her students, Pooja, belonged to another caste.
She also said, “Jab humko koi dikkat nahi hai caste me, toh yeh log ko kyun dikkat hai hamare hijab aur niqab se (If we have no problem with caste, why do they have a problem with our hijab and niqab).”
Alia also expressed concern that if such discrimination continued, other artists wearing hijab or niqab could face similar situations in the future.
