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Workplace reforms in the judiciary
The Statesman Siliguri
|May 01, 2025
The Supreme Court must set an example in ensuring a harassment-free, safe, and a respectful workplace
intern alleged sexual harassment by a retired Supreme Court judge. Subsequently, a petition was filed for a permanent mechanism to address sexual harassment complaints against sitting and retired judges. The case, pending in the Supreme Court for a decade, was last listed in 2023. Currently, there is no clear complaint mechanism for cases of sexual harassment concerning judges, and particularly the Chief Justice of India.
In 1997, the sixteen values contained in the charter titled 'Restatement of values of judicial life' were adopted at a full court meeting of the Supreme Court of India, but remain vague and fall short of addressing harassment in any meaningful detail.
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SIT formed to probe killing of Suvendu’s aide; ‘personal loss’, he says
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After Resistance
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Murder probe: Police examine Siliguri vehicle with similar number plate
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India urges Bangladesh to speed up nationality verification, says will follow structured bilateral mechanisms on Teesta
India on Thursday sought Dhaka's cooperation on the deportation of illegal Bangladeshi nationals, pointing out that more than 2,862 nationality-verification cases unresolved for over five years are clogging the repatriation issue, while also pointing out that the Teesta water sharing deal can only be through established bilateral mechanisms.
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Two-wheeler used in murder of Suvendu aide traced to Burnpur address
Police have seized the two-wheeler allegedly used by the assailants in the murder of Chandranath Rath, personal assistant to Suvendu Adhikari.
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Centre chalking out roadmap for Bengal’s re-industrialisation
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Militants torch villages in Manipur's Kamjong district in ‘cross-border attack’
Suspected militants launched coordinated attacks on several Tangkhul Naga villages in Manipur’s Kamjong district along the Indo-Myanmar border on Thursday morning, torching houses and forcing villagers to flee into nearby forests, according according to villagers and the MLA of the area.
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BJP leaders in Siliguri put on alert after Adhikari aide's murder
Following the sensational murder of a close aide of senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, the Siliguri Police Commissionerate has reportedly issued security advisories to several BJP leaders and functionaries considered close to the party's senior leadership.
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