SC reinstates Rajasthan judicial officer
New Delhi, May 23 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday held that greater representation of women in judiciary will improve quality of judicial decision-making as it directed reinstatement of a lady judicial officer from a scheduled tribe community in Rajasthan who was removed for not past employment details while applying for the civil judge's post.
A bench of justices BV Nagarathna and SC Sharma said, "Non-disclosure of past government service cannot be a ground for discharging the appellant...In the considered opinion of this court, the appellant has been awarded capital punishment for a minor irregularity (omission)."
The court was hearing a petition filed by Pinky Meena who challenged Rajasthan high court's decision refusing to allow her to...
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