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It is ‘obligatory’ on States to prepare welfare schemes and invent opportunities for transgender persons in public employment, the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal said while relaxing the...

MUMBAI: Observing that the “case of transgenders is worse than the women’’ in their fight for equal opportunity and equal treatment in society , the M.

Maharashtra: 10 years on, job seekers face another glitch

41 candidates were selected by MPSC but never appointed by state; MAT order asks govt to appoint them when vacancies are available unless they are age barred

Pune: ILS Law College Commences Centenary Celebrations With Inaugural Ceremony

A sessions court in Pune on Friday acquitted 20 men including Dhananjay Desai, the president of Hindu Rashtra Sena (HRS), accused of killing a young IT professional Mohsin Shaikh in 2014 during communal riots.

MAT’s chairperson, retired justice Mridula Bhatkar, while passing the order, observed that it was bound by a 2014 order of the Supreme Court which had directed all the state governments to have reservations for transgenders for all public appointments.

"This is an irony. Our prime minister spoke of women empowerment, and the state from where he comes, released these men, who gang-raped a helpless woman," the former high court judge said.

Justice Mridula Bhatkar, who had upheld the conviction of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang-rape case, urged people not to blame the judiciary for the release of the convicts.

Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje alias Chhota Rajan has been acquitted by a special court in Mumbai, in a 38-year-old attempt to murder case.