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Wired: Judicial progeny fail selections | Retd Judge opposes regional bias | Maha victim compensation | Fast tracking Karnataka | Muzzafarnagar PIL | Air fare hike in CCI

Judicial progeny fail selections: The six out of eight advocates rejected for judgeship at the Punjab & Haryana HC include Manisha Gandhi, the daughter of former Chief Justice of India AS Anand, and Girish Agnihotri, the son of retired P&H HC judge MR Agnihotri. B S Rana, Gurminder Singh Kharbanda, Vinod Ghai and Raj Karan Singh Brar were the other rejected names [Indian Express]

Retd judge opposes regional bias: “The argument that persons from one State cannot be appointed as judges of another is not based on sound facts,” argues former Madras HC justice K Chandru in response to the recent uproar over two advocate recommendations for Madras HC judgeships [Hindu]

Maha victim compensation: The Maharashtra government will now compensate victims of crime - especially rape, child abuse and acid attack - with Rs 50,000 or Rs 3 lakh depending on the extent of injury under the ‘Manodhairya’ scheme [TOI]

Fast tracking Karnataka: Karnataka has been promised 10 fast track courts with 37 court staff each for trying crimes against women, by law and parliamentary affairs minister TB Jayachandra [Post Jagran]

Muzzafarnagar PIL: Supreme Court’s justice GS Singhvi yesterday agreed to give a urgent hearing today to a petition demanding a CBI probe into the Muzzafarnagar violence [DNA]

Air fare hike in CCI: The 25 per cent hike in airfares last week has resulted in the Air Passengers Association of India dragging airlines to the Competition Commission of India over allegations of cartelisation [New Indian Express]

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