Notice by Pune court asks women lawyers not to fix their hair in court, withdrawn later
Pune, Oct 25: A notice purportedly put up in the Pune district court asked women advocates not to "arrange" hair in the open court as it `disturbs the functioning of the court'.
While senior lawyer Indira Jaising flagged it on Twitter and later informed that it had been removed, the court registrar refused to comment on the issue.
The notice, dated October 20, is purportedly singed by the registrar.
"It is repeatedly noticed that women advocates are arranging their hair in open court which is disturbing the functioning of court. Hence, women advocates are hereby notified to refrain from such act," read the text, as seen in the pictures of the notice which went viral on social media.
On Tuesday, Jaising informed on Twitter that the notice had been withdrawn, describing it as "success at last".
When contacted, the Registrar of the Pune court refused to comment. "I don't wish to say anything on this topic," he told PTI.
Advocate Pandurang Thorve, president of the Pune Bar Association, said the association was not given any intimation about the notice.
Diwali holidays started on October 21 and the courts would resume on October 28, he said.
"After the notice went viral on social media, I went to the court today to verify it, but it wasn't there," Thorve said.
Wow now look ! Who is distracted by women advocates and why ! pic.twitter.com/XTT4iIcCbx
— Indira Jaising (@IJaising) October 23, 2022
Success at last, the notice had been withdrawn
— Indira Jaising (@IJaising) October 24, 2022
Thank you everyone https://t.co/QfM9vgWMgv
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Dalit couple beaten, made to wear garlands of shoes in MP; 10 persons booked
Ashok Nagar (MP) (PTI): An elderly Dalit couple has been allegedly beaten up and made to wear garlands of shoes in Madhya Pradesh's Ashok Nagar district, police said on Sunday.
The couple's son had allegedly been involved in an eve-teasing incident, they said.
A case has been registered against 10 persons who were at large in connection with the incident of thrashing the couple which took place on Friday in Kilora village under Mungaoli police station limits, an official said.
The couple's son had been allegedly involved in eve-teasing the wife of one of the accused following which the Dalit family left the village, Mungaoli police station in-charge Gabbar Singh Gurjar said.
The couple came to the village recently, he said.
On Friday, the accused allegedly tied the 65-year-old man Dalit man and his wife aged 60 to a pole, beat them up and made them wear garlands of shoes, the official said.
Following a complaint by the victim woman, the police on Saturday registered a case against 10 persons under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 147 (rioting), 149 (unlawful assembly with common objective), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 294 (obscene act) and 506 (criminal intimidation) as well as provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, he said.
All the accused were absconding and efforts were on to trace them, the police added.
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