At every transition, the profession loses women. Not because they lack competence or ambition. But because the institutions they enter were designed by men, for men.
SC Bar Association survey, the first of its kind, revealed 81% women lawyers had harder professional journey than male peers; 71.5% reported some form of professional impact due to marital status.
Of the 301 women advocates surveyed across Delhi-NCR, 95.4 percent emphasised the importance of stronger institutional policies in enabling women’s professional growth.
Panel of judges working on proposal to develop additional building in court premises that will accommodate new spacious courtrooms equipped with latest technology, it is learnt.
Former Delhi HC Bar Association president Rajiv Khosla was convicted on 29 Oct for assaulting lawyer Sujata Kohli in 1994. A section of male lawyers resolved to abstain from work Tuesday in protest.
A judge in Madras High Court once passed a comment on my short haircut. I protested but other male lawyers made me apologise. This is what women lawyers face.
American shipments made up 55% of LPG imports in May, while strong inflows from Russia and Venezuela helped offset disruptions in Middle Eastern crude supplies.
An oil shock, monsoon fears, rampant unemployment, and the seeming inevitability of inflation are common to both eras. Indira Gandhi’s self-destructive responses are instructive today.
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