A Banda court in Uttar Pradesh on Friday ordered a judicial inquiry into the death of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, who died last night allegedly due to cardiac arrest.
Banda Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Bhagwan Das Gupta appointed Garima Singh, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (MP-MLA Court Banda) as the officer in charge of the inquiry, directing her to submit the report within a month.
The order was taken on a letter submitted by the Senior Superintendent of Distric...
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Supreme Court judge Justice BR Gavai has said that due to the mandate of affirmative action and inclusion of the Indian Constitution, he was able to serve at the highest judicial office of the country.
He said that affirmative action ensured persons from marginalised communities were able to reach top government positions in India.
Highlighting his own example, he said that his elevation to the Supreme Court was advanced by two years since the Collegium wanted to have judges from the Dali...