Mangaluru : Senior Lawyer Indira Jaising to deliver BV Kakkilaya Inspired Oration on Dec 17
Mangaluru, Dec 03: Senior lawyer at the Supreme Court of India and Former Additional Solicitor General of India Indira Jaising will deliver the BV Kakkilaya Inspired Oration- 2018 on December 17 in Mangaluru.
As a part of the oration, Padma Shree Awardee Indira Jaising will speak on the topic 'Gender Justice in India' at Dr. Shivarama Karanth Sabhabhavana, at University College, Hampankatta in the city, said a release from Dr Srinivas Kakkilaya on behalf of Hosathu, Bengaluru, MS Krishnan Memorial Trust , Bengaluru , Samadarshi Vedike, Mangaluru. The event will be held in association with University College, Mangaluru and University Evening College, Mangaluru.
After completing graduation from Bangalore University and LLM from Bombay University, Indira Jaising pursued a fellowship at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies in London in 1970. She became the first woman to be designated as a senior advocate by the Bombay High Court in 1986 and appointed Additional Solicitor General of India in 2009.
She worked for more than half a century for social justice, human rights and equality for women. In 1980, she founded the Lawyers Collective, which has been doing pioneering work on civil rights, rights of workers, women, and LGBTQ, legislation against domestic violence, sexual harassment at workplace, etc.
In May 2017, she was appointed as the head of the UN mission to investigate alleged atrocities on Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. She has successfully argued for triple talaq, women's right to enter the Sabarimala temple, Hadiya's fight to choose her faith, victims of the Bhopal gas leak, sexual harassment at work and many more, a release said.
Jaising was the only lawyer to be named at number 20, in Fortune's '50 Greatest Leaders' of 2018, as the voice of the poorest in India. She has penned several books and has been a visiting scholar at Pen Law University and Columbia University. She was awarded the Padma Shri in 2005.
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Delhi: Boy stabbed to death over 'controversial' social media comments, 2 juveniles held
New Delhi (PTI): A 16-year-old boy was stabbed to death at Ramleela ground in northwest Delhi for allegedly making social media comments that police described as "controversial", an official said on Wednesday.
According to the police, the assailants, also minors, attacked him with a knife, inflicting multiple stab wounds.
"A PCR call was received in the Shalimar Bagh Police Station regarding an injured boy lying in Ramleela ground. The police team reached the spot and found him with multiple stab wounds," a police officer said.
He was working as a labourer in a banquet hall for the last two days, the officer said. An FIR was registered and the police apprehended two juveniles in the case.
Preliminary investigation reveals that the deceased was stabbed due to an ongoing enmity, the officer said.
During questioning, the accused told the police that the victim had made "controversial comments" against them on social media. Following which, they intercepted him at Ramleela ground and stabbed him. He died on the spot, officer said.
"We have recovered a dagger and the victim's mobile phone. Further investigation in the case is underway," he added.
