Justice V Ramasubramanian multi-faceted, multi talented judge and human being: CJI DY Chandrachud
New Delhi (PTI): Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud Friday hailed Justice V Ramasubramanian, who is set to retire as a judge of the Supreme Court on June 29, for his "humble persona" and said he is a multi-talented judge and human being.
Heading a ceremonial bench to bid farewell to Justice Ramasubramanian on his last working day as the apex court closes for summer vacation from May 22, the CJI said he is not confined by borders of nation and state.
"Justice Ram's humble persona struck me. It was when he was elevated as a judge. He is truly a multi-faceted and multi talented judge and a human being," the CJI said.
Chandrachud also revealed he has been requesting Justice Ramasubramanian to take up the chairmanship of any tribunal but he is not ready.
"I'll let out a secret. I have been struggling to persuade Justice Ram to take up the post of chairmanship of any tribunal which is available. But he has declared to me that he has a will to be a free citizen," he said.
Justice Chandrachud said he continues to persist with his efforts to convince Justice Ramasubramanian to accept his earnest appeal.
Chandrachud said the court will be less lively without his jest and humour.
Expressing gratitude to the CJI, Justice Ramasubramanian said normally a farewell is marked by speakers shedding tears but he is not capable of shedding tears.
Born on June 30, 1958, Justice Ramasubramanian studied law at Madras Law College and enrolled as a member of the Bar on February 16, 1983.
Was appointed as an Additional Judge of the Madras High Court on July 31, 2006 and as a permanent Judge on November 9, 2009.
Justice Ramasubramanian was transferred to the High Court of Judicature, Hyderabad for the States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh with effect from April 27, 2016.
After the bifurcation Andhra Pradesh, he was retained as a judge of the High Court of Telangana at Hyderabad with effect from January 1, 2019.
Justice Ramasubramanian was sworn in as the Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court on June 22, 2019.
He was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of India on September 23, 2019.
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19-yr-old woman found hanging from tree in UP village; juvenile held
Lucknow/Pratapgarh (UP) (PTI): Police have apprehended a 16-year-old boy for his alleged involvement in the rape and murder of a 19-year-old woman whose body was found hanging from a tree in a village here, officials said on Monday.
Additional Superintendent of Police (West), Brijnandan Rai, said that the body of a 19-year-old woman was found hanging from a tree in an orchard in the Manikpur police station area on Sunday morning. A post-mortem examination subsequently confirmed that she had been raped.
Police registered a case against unidentified persons under sections 103(1) (punishment for murder) and 70(1) (gangrape) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and initiated an investigation.
During the course of the investigation, the police found that the deceased was in contact with a juvenile who was also her relative.
Acting on this information, during a joint checking operation, sub-inspector Amit Kumar Singh of Manikpur police station and SOG In-charge Amit Kumar Chaurasia, along with their team, apprehended the 16-year-old near the Lehdari Ganga River bridge.
The search for other accused persons is ongoing, police said.
According to the police, the woman had gone to sleep after dinner on Saturday night but was found hanging in an orchard nearly 400 metres away from her home the following morning.
Additional Superintendent of Police (West), Brijnandan Rai, had earlier said that the circumstances suggest foul play.
"The victim's slippers and undergarments were recovered 50 metres away from the spot where the body was found. There are visible injury marks on her body," Rai said.
While locals have alleged that the woman was murdered after being raped, the ASP said that it is "prima facie a case of murder."
"Based on the complaint filed by the victim's brother, a case of murder has been registered against unidentified persons," the officer added.
Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, in a post on X in Hindi on Monday, said, "The news of the heinous murder of a Dalit daughter in Pratapgarh is deeply tragic and condemnable."
"The question remains: why does the spate of murders of 'PDA daughters' continue unabated in Uttar Pradesh? Are the BJP government's claims regarding women's safety merely hollow rhetoric, or is there, in fact, discrimination even in the provision of security for women?" he said.
"Whenever the 'wandering Honourable (ghumantu maananiye)' finds a moment of respite from election campaigning, he should cast a glance at the plight of the daughters of his own Uttar Pradesh. In any case, apart from injustice and oppression, no sister, daughter, or mother of this state holds any hope from you," Yadav added.
