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Nearly three fold raise in gratuity ceiling-will it augur well or bode ill?
The literal meaning of gratuity is: something voluntarily given in return for favour or service, as a recompense or acknowledgment. It is paid in addition to salary, bonus, commission etc; when the employee leaves the service of employer. It is lump sum payment made based on the service of an employee either on retirement or…
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Crisis of Leadership in The Bar
By: Parmanand Pandey Apart from being a festive season, it is also a season of elections in different Bar Associations of Delhi. The elections of Tis Hazari Bar Association, which is known as Delhi Bar Association will be held in the last week of October and that will be preceded by a week for the…
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Media Must Go For Self – Introspection
By Parmanand Pandey Supercilious and self-righteous conscience keepers of media persons were up in arms when they learnt that the West Bengal police have arrested a top ranking Maoist leader from Lalgarh disguising as journalists. The policemen posed themselves as the correspondents of a foreign newspaper. They took the help of a local journalist to…
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Justice Dinakaran Must Stay Away From Judicial Work
By Parmanand Pandey The way Justice P.D. Dinakaran, the Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court is trying to give the caste and communal colour to the opposition of his elevation to the Apex court is indeed very sad and tragic. What is all the more disturbing is that the reaction of National Commission for Scheduled…
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Making Farce of Democracy
By Parmanand Pandey Tragic death of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajshekhar Reddy in a chopper crash on the hills of Nalla malla is sad, very sad; but the political drama that has started even before the charred body of the late YSR was laid to rest is a sadder event. It is reported that…
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Need for formidable and unfettered media
By Parmanand Pandey Among the many roles that the media has to play is the building of a just and egalitarian society with emphasis to inclusive growth. It has not only to serve as the mirror of society-be it good, bad, ugly or beautiful as is often stated by some people. It has to see…
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Gutter language of Rita Joshi has shamed all
By Parmanand Pandey One would be dumbstruck to hear the language of Ms Rita Bhaguna Joshi, the Chief of Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee that she used against the U.P. Chief Minister Mayawati while addressing the meeting of Mahila Congress Workers in Moradabad. She said that ‘It is shameful that the U.P. Chief Minister is doling…
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Any Award to Lalu will Amount an Insult to People
By Parmanand Pandey Lalu Prasad Yadav, when he was the Chief Minister of Bihar used to brag, ‘Jab tak hai somese me aaloo, tab tak rahega Bihar me Lalu (So long the Samosas are made of potatoes, Bihar will be ruled by Lalu). He had many times said that he would rule Bihar for at…
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Tantrums of the judges betray their lordliness
Much has been written, discussed and debated about the conduct of judges and advocates. However, we many times find the cases of indiscretion by judges and advocates as well; in and outside the courtrooms. Sometimes it is deliberate but more often than not, it because of misunderstanding and ignorance. There is an Advocate act, which…
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Shoe Flinging : An Act Most Reprehensible
Some journalists appear to be gripped with the virus, which commands them to become from news provider to newsmaker, that too, not through assiduous efforts but by their cheap and abominable deeds. Thanks to deep and pervasive reach of the media such journalists do get wide publicity, which serves to their perverted desires and goals.…