Writ petition before the Bombay High Court, Nagpur Bench. The court directed counsel to amend pleadings referring to a woman derogatorily, per the Supreme Court Handbook on gender-neutral, dignified phraseology, then circulate the petition.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, NAGPUR BENCH, AT NAGPUR.
WRIT PETITION NO. 6085 OF 2024
( Kavita w/o Ashok Shendre and others ..vs.. Deputy Conservator of Forest and others )
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Mr. A.M. Chandekar, Counsel for the petitioners.
CORAM : BHARATI DANGRE &
ABHAY J. MANTRI, JJ. DATE : 11-10-2024
Before we deal with the grievance of the petitioners, we expect the learned counsel for the petitioner to rectify the pleadings in the petition where the woman has been referred in a derogatory manner and in terms of the Handbook published by the Supreme Court of India, a woman deserves to be treated with dignity and we expect the learned Counsel for the petitioners to refer her by using appropriate phraseology, as per the Handbook.
Let the amendment be carried out without a period of two weeks.
Upon carrying out the amendment, the writ petition be circulated.
(ABHAY J. MANTRI, J.) (BHARATI DANGRE, J.)
adgokar
Signed by: MR. P.M. ADGOKAR Designation: PS To Honourable Judge Date: 11/10/2024 16:48:34
Kavita w/o Ashok Shendre and others
Deputy Conservator of Forest and others
Bharati Dangre
Abhay J. Mantri
As recorded by the court registry
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