The Vidarbha Gazette

Voice of Law, Society & Culture

  • 8 कोटी 32 लाख 71 हजार आर्थिक सहाय्य वितरीत

    अनुसूचित जाती जमाती अत्याचार प्रकरणात  8 कोटी 32 लाख 71 हजार आर्थिक सहाय्य वितरीत जिल्हा दक्षता व नियंत्रण समितीची बैठक संपन्न चंद्रपूर, दि. 25 : अनुसूचित जाती व अनुसूचित जमाती अत्याचार प्रतिबंधक अधिनियमांतर्गत नोंदविलेल्या गुन्ह्यात आर्थिक सहाय्याची पात्र प्रकरणे प्रलंबित न ठेवता तात्काळ निकाली काढण्याचे निर्देश जिल्हाधिकारी विनय गौडा यांनी दिले.             जिल्हाधिकारी कार्यालयात जिल्हा…

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  • Taking Fundamental Duties Seriously

    Taking Fundamental Duties Seriously   On Constitution Day our Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi stated that performing the fundamental duties should be the first priority of every citizen. Certainly one cannot take issue with his statement. In fact one of the important shifts in the Modi years has been the turn away from Fundamental Rights…

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  • Remembering Mahatma Gandhi on Advocates’ Day

    Remembering Mahatma Gandhi on Advocates’ Day     Mahatma Gandhi’s had intimate knowledge of the legal system in three countries – England, South Africa and India. He studied law in England and practiced it for more than two decades mostly in South Africa. After he came back to India and plunged into the freedom struggle,…

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  • Some Thoughts on E-Filing in Courts

    Some Thoughts on E-Filing in Courts     The new year opened with a pertinent observation by Justice S. Abdul Nazeer on his last day in the apex court that junior advocates should be allowed to brief and argue matters wherever possible and also be paid decently. This observation brought to the fore an old…

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  • Shramik Elgar Kolam Adivasi Women’s Delegation Meets Chandrapur Collector

    Shramik Elgar Kolam Adivasi Women’s Delegation Meets Chandrapur Collector On 24 January a delegation of Kolam women led by Adv. Paromita Goswami, Founder-President of Shramik Elgar and Vimalbai Kodape met the District Collector Chandrapur Shri. Vinay Gauda to discuss the various problems being faced by Adiviasi women in Jivti block. Problems in Foodgrain distribution: The…

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  • The Vocabulary of Protest

    The Vocabulary of Protest   The vocabulary of people during a protest is very different from their ordinary speech. The anger and indignation are spontaneously expressed in powerful language and the arguments come out with immense force. I have seen this happen several times during the protests organised by Shramik Elgar. Let me share three…

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  • Nagbhid Muslims Allege Social Boycott

    25 Muslims Families Allege Social Boycott by Jama Masjid Committee Barred from Offering Namaz at Jama Masjid, Disallowed at Funerals, Weddings     Serious allegations have been made by a section of the Muslim community of Nagbhid (Chandrapur district) that they are not being allowed to offer Namaz in the city’s prominent Jama Masjid by…

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  • Mutation of Land Records Suspended in Jiwti Block

    Mutation of Land Records Suspended in Jiwti Block Adivasis and Farmers Pay the Price   In the last two years the process of mutation and updating of revenue records have stopped entirely in Jiwati block leading to difficulties for Adivasis and farmers in the area. Jiwti is the only block out of fifteen blocks of…

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  • Dr. Narendra Dabholkar’s Spirit Thrives in Nashik

    Dr. Narendra Dabholkar’s Spirit Thrives in Nashik Dr. Narendra Dabholkar was murdered on August 20, 2013 but the social organisations and activists of Nashik have kept his spirit alive to this day. On the 20th of every month more than forty such organisations come together through a programme called Dr. Narendra Dabholkar Vivek Vyakhanmala. It is…

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  • Social Security Schemes Starved of Central Funds Since March 2022

    Social Security Schemes Starved of Central Funds since March 2022   The central government has not released its share under various Centrally Sponsored Social Security Schemes since March 2023. These schemes include the Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme, the Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme and the Indira Gandhi National Handicapped Pension Scheme.…

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