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Better to work as bar chief justice DY Chandrachud in assent to the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amend-
dancers than beg: SC Lucknow, where the high court justices ment) Act, 2016, which Parliament had
deliberated on the credentials of the recently passed to amend the Sikh
The Supreme Court has said that it is tainted officers. Gurdwaras Act, 1925.
better for women to work with dignity
as bar dancers rather than begging on 'Deficiency in service' if any The old act entitled every Sikh aged
streets or indulging in unacceptable unjustified delay in pass- above 21 and registered as a voter to
activities. The court also asked the port issuance vote in elections to the Sikh Gurdwara
Maharashtra government to regulate Prabandhak Committee (SGPC), which
and not prohibit bar dancers. The National Consumer Commission looks after the overall administration
has ruled that if there is any unjustified and management of Sikh shrines.
SC scrapped single com- delay in the issue of passport, after the
mon entrance for medical passport officer decides to issue one, Under the new law, "No person shall
it will be "deficiency in service" enti- be registered as an elector who trims
The Supreme Court has recalled a 2013 tling the aggrieved person to claim or shaves his beard or ' keshas', smokes
judgment scrapping a single common compensation. In its judgment in the and takes alcoholic drinks."
entrance test for MBBS, BDS and PG case, Passport Officer vs Richa
courses in all medical colleges. The Bhandari, the commission ruled that an Protect Pandits aban-
court said the majority verdict was applicant for a passport was a 'con- doned land, SC tells J&K
delivered without discussions among sumer' under law as far as the govt
members of the bench headed by the outsourced services are concerned.
then Chief Justice of India, Altamas The Delhi high court has directed the
Kabir, on his retirement day. The recall Sikh smokers cannot vote Jammu & Kashmir government to en-
restores the 2011 notification on the in Sikh religious bodies sure protection of lands abandoned in
common entrance examination. Verinag, Kashmir, by five Kashmiri
Sikhs who trim or shave their beards or pandits, who left the valley in 1989 due
Allahabad HC removes 15 hair and those who smoke or drink al- to unrest.
corrupt judges cohol can no longer vote in elections
to Sikh religious bodies, under a new Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw directed the
The Allahabad high court has removed law that has just kicked in. Jammu & Kashmir government to have
15 corrupt judges from their posts in the properties of the five migrants,
different district courts of Uttar According to an official notification, who are now scattered across the
Pradesh. The HC removed the judges President Pranab Mukherjee gave his country, inspected by the Deputy Com-
after a full court meeting presided by
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
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