Martyred soldier's wife delivers baby girl hours before husband’s funeral
Banihal/Jammu : Lance Naik Ranjeet Singh was to come home to his village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban on Monday on two-month leave to attend to his pregnant wife and hold his child in his arms. However, it was his body that returned and his wife delivered a baby girl, hours before his last rites were held with full military honours.
Singh was among three soldiers, all from Jammu and Kashmir, killed by Pakistan’s notorious border action team (BAT) Sunderbani area of Rajouri district on Sunday.
After his wife Shimpu Devi developed labour pains around midnight on Monday, she was admitted to Ramban hospital where she delivered the baby at 4.15 am on Tuesday.
“The daughter I have given birth today is the nation’s daughter and I wish she becomes an army officer,” she said at the hospital. She also said that she wants her daughter to be looked after by the army so that she gets all the facilities before joining it as an officer.
In a state of shock, Shimpu Devi then went to the cremation ground at Seri Ghat on the bank of Chenab in the afternoon to bid a tearful adieu to her husband. They got married in 2006.
The mortal remains of the slain soldier were cremated with full military honours and amid slogans of “Shaheed Ranjeet Amar Rahe and Bharat Mata Ki Jai’.
Officers from army, police and civil administration besides local residents attended the last rites of the slain soldier.
The last rites of the other two soldiers - havildar Kaushal Kumar of Nowshera and rifleman Rajat Kumar Basan of Pallanwala in Akhnoor - were performed with full military honours at their native villages on Monday.
courtesy : hindustantimes.com
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BCI urges CJI to take action against Andhra HC judge for sending young lawyer to 24-hour custody
New Delhi (PTI): The Bar Council of India on Wednesday sought the urgent intervention of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant following a "deeply disturbing" incident where a judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court reportedly sent a young advocate to
24-hour judicial custody over a procedural lapse.
The Bar Council of India (BCI) Chairperson and senior advocate Manan Kumar Mishra, in a formal representation, termed the conduct of Justice Tarlada Rajasekhar Rao "grossly inappropriate" and "damaging to the confidence of the Bar".
“I most respectfully request your Lordship to kindly take immediate institutional cognizance of the matter and call for the video recording of the proceedings, the order passed, and the surrounding circumstances.
“I further request that appropriate administrative action may kindly be considered, including withdrawal of judicial work from the learned Judge pending review, his immediate transfer to some far off High Court, and his nomination for appropriate judicial training/orientation on court management, judicial temperament, Bar-Bench relations, and proportional exercise of contempt/judicial authority,” Mishra wrote.
This representation is made to preserve the “dignity, moral authority and public confidence of the judiciary”, he said, adding, “Judges command the highest respect not by fear, but by fairness, patience, restraint and constitutional humility”.
The communication urged the CJI to intervene at the earliest to ensure that the faith of Bar, particularly young advocates, in the protective and corrective role of the judiciary is restored.
The controversy stems from proceedings on May 5.
According to the BCI, a video circulating online shows Justice Rao rebuking a young advocate who was unable to produce a specific order copy during a hearing.
The letter said that despite the advocate "repeatedly seeking pardon and mercy" and claiming he was in physical pain, the judge remained "unmoved".
The judge allegedly told the lawyer, "now you will learn," and mocked his experience before directing the Registrar and police personnel to take him into custody for 24 hours.
The BCI chairperson said that the judge’s actions lacked proportionality and fairness.
"The dignity of the court is not enhanced when a lawyer is made to beg for grace in open court and is still sent to custody for a procedural lapse," the letter said.
"A young lawyer... is an officer of the Court, still learning, still growing, and entitled to correction without humiliation," it added.
The bar body said that such actions create a "chilling effect" on the legal fraternity, particularly among junior members, and undermine the mutual respect required between the Bench and the Bar.
