The Vidarbha Gazette

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  • Much-needed Structure for Chandrapur District Court finally Sanctioned

    Much-needed Structure for Chandrapur District Court finally Sanctioned   The Government of Maharashtra has recently sanctioned 16 new buildings across the State, each one costing more than Rs. 15 Crores. This includes the construction of new building for the Chandrapur District and Sessions Court. A meeting of a High-Level Committee was called recently to sanction

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  • Kolams in Ghatraiguda – a Precarious Existence

    Kolams in Ghatraiguda – a Precarious Existence Growing cotton, jawari, ambadi and some lentils is the basic livelihood of the Adivasis in Jivti. If they are driven out of their land, their community life is destroyed and they migrate from place to place looking for wage labour. Today the condition of Adivasis in Jivti is

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  • Judgment at Nuremberg (Film Review)

    Judgment at Nuremberg  Why did Judges Capitulate to Hitler?   Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) written by Abby Mann and directed by Stanley Kramer is a black and white movie that communicates the truth in black and white. The film shows the trial of four Nazi Judges and one Nazi prosecutor and the predicament of Judge

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  • The Unbearable Ugliness of West Bengal Politics

    The Unbearable Ugliness of West Bengal Politics Sandeshkhali – the name has become synonymous with the chilling story of political goondas belonging to TMC, allegedly arm-twisting local people for land-grabbing and raping women in the name of party politics. It fills us with resentment to hear women narrate how the goondas called them at midnight

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  • Apropos: Mr. Khobrargade’s Dubious Quest for Justice

    Apropos: Mr. Khobrargade’s Dubious Quest for Justice

    Apropos: Mr. Khobragade’s Dubious Quest for Justice   This article deals with some of the key questions regarding Bar-Bench relations in Chandrapur district court arising from the recent FIR registered against some lawyers because of a private criminal complaint. The facts of the matter are as follows. There was a succession case filed at Ballarpar

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  • Caste Mobilisation in Chandrapur District Bar Association Elections

    Why Caste Mobilisation Matters in Chandrapur District Bar Association Elections Modern Elections, Old Inequalities: Caste as Strategy in the Chandrapur District Bar Association (CDBA) Elections Elections are a divisive time for the voters in general. We consider elections as a mechanism through which the electorate exercises its voting rights to elect their representatives. This is

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  • The Correct Route after Rejection of Plaint

    The Litigation Notebook A Continuing Series in the Vidarbha Gazette Statutory Remedy versus Constitutional Superintendence: The Correct Route after Rejection of Plaint Recently, a plaint filed by me was rejected by the Civil court under 7/11 on the ground that the suit is barred by law. In other words, the Civil court accepted my opponent’s

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