Test Of Inexperience
Delhi lawyers keenly observe careers of children of top lawyers/judges. The trajectory that the ward’s career takes is often proportional to the parent’s rise in office, they grumble. So they took notice when a young lawyer, son of one of the seniormost judges, did not pass the SC’s advocate-on-record examination. We are told it is a difficult exam, but one that judges’ children clear smoothly. The same lot were quick to wonder if he were too busy to study since he had been engaged by some government panels in a special tribunal, handling top cases. The young lawyer’s skill was not in question; his inexperience was.
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Tales Of A Haloed Prison
Betul in Madhya Pradesh may have developed as a major centre for the RSS, which is headquartered at Nagpur. Sources in the Sangh Parivar say that this was a wish of the RSS’s second Sarsanghchalak Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar—referred to as ‘Guruji’—who was incarcerated in Betul jail for five months in 1949 after the RSS was declared unlawful in the wake of Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination in 1948. On a recent visit to Madhya Pradesh, incumbent Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat visited barrack number one in Betul jail where Guruji was detained. The state unit of Congress cried foul, alleging violation of jail manual, but could do little to prevent Bhagwat from paying tribute to the RSS ideologue.
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Politics Of Sibling Rivalry
Politics, it seems, has come in the way of sibling affection in West Bengal. An articulate lawmaker from the ruling party is believed to be having serious differences with his brother, who joined a rival party a few years ago. Initially, they had vowed to respect each other’s political choice and not let it affect their relationship. But now they are not seeing eye to eye anymore. At a recent event at a Calcutta private club which both frequent, the two were heard having a loud, heated exchange. In the verbal duel—not much different from what their respective leaders indulge in—each was heard defending his leader.
Overheard A big business house in Uttar Pradesh, known for its loyalty to the BSP, was wooed by the SP. The biz house considered this for a while, but preferred to stay with the BSP.