Jaipur Feb 22 PTI The Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday set aside the result of the preliminary examination 2021 for the states administrative service A bench of Justice Mahendra Goyal directed the Rajasthan Public Service Commission RPSC to declare a revised result for the last years preliminary examination for the Rajasthan Administrative Service after getting the disputed questions of it re-examined by an expert committee The preliminary examination was held on October 27 and the result was announced on November 19 last year The high court order is bound to affect the RAS Mains examination schedule now Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot had on Monday ruled out the possibility of deferring the RAS Mains examination -- a demand which was raised by some candidates The RAS Mains examination was scheduled to be conducted on February 25 and 26 Some of the candidates who had cleared the preliminary examination have been demanding postponement of the RAS Mains examination saying they have not been given enough time to prepare for it The candidates had been staging a dharna here for the last several days to press their demand Gehlot on Monday had stated that deferring the examination will put financial and mental pressure on candidates Gehlot had said the RAS preliminary examination was held on October 27 2021 and its result was declared on November 19 2021 In such a situation candidates preparing for the Mains got adequate time Along with BJP leaders including state president Satish Poonia former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje Congress MLA Ved Prakash Solanki and independent MLA Sanyam Lodha too had supported the aspirants demand to postpone the exam Lodha is also an adviser to CM PTI CORR SDA RAX RAX

Jodhpur Dec 15 PTI Amid the Centre readying itself to pilot a bill in Parliament to raise the marriageable age of girls from 18 to 21 years the Rajasthan High Court has been awaiting its stand on enacting such a law for over a year and a half A Jodhpur bench of the high court had issued notices to the Centre the Law Commission and the state government in February 2020 to enact a law to bridge the three-year gap between the marriageable ages of boys and girls A bench of then Chief Justice Indrajit Mohanthy and Justice P S Bhati had issued the notices on a plea for it by Rajasthan resident Abdul Mannan In his petition Mannan had sought the enactment of a law to raise the marriageable age of girls contending that a lower marriageable age of brides reeks of gender bias and discrimination emanating from the bias in favour of the patriarchal society Mannan had also contended that the difference between the marriageable ages of grooms and brides violate the right to equality and equal protection of the law under articles 14 and 15 and the right to life and liberty under article 21 of the Constitution My petition was based on various aspects of the constitutional violation contravention of scientific researches and the observation of WHO and social inequality said Mannan In his petition the first ground was that women have the fundamental right to be free to pursue education or any profession of their choice after finishing school which ends approximately at the age of 18 years But the ground reality is that after their marriage at such a young age they are immediately expected to bear children after the marriage and forced to take up household chores in their families Mannan said in his petition This harms her academic as well as economic pursuits and infringes upon their reproductive autonomy he further said adding that a girl at this age of marriage at 18 is not even a graduate and hence not able to foresee her future Citing various reports of WHO he said it has been established that pregnancy before the age of 20 brings a higher risk of low birth rate and weight premature delivery and severe neo-natal conditions besides several health hazards to newborns in coming years Quoting from the deliberations of a national conference on child marriage held by the National Human Rights Commission he also submitted before the court that 125 countries of the world have the same legal age of marriage for both the bride and the groom A recommendation from this conference had also been sent to bring parity in the marriageable age of both the bride and groom he added Satisfied with his arguments and fact the bench in its notices had sought reply from the state as well as central governments along with that of the Law Commission The petition is still pending awaiting replies The Centre earlier had only told the court that a task force has been set up by the government to examine the issue Mannan said The Centre is likely to pilot its bill in Parliament later this week to enact a law to raise the marriageable age of girls to 21 making it equal to that of boys The Centre however is likely to allow the bill to be referred to a parliamentary panel for a deeper examination of the social issue PTI CORR RAX RAX

Jodhpur Nov 30 PTI The Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday asked the liquidator of the Adarsh Credit Cooperative Society allegedly involved in the embezzlement of over Rs 9000 crore of its 20 lakh depositors and over 375 lakh investors to settle the claims for release of funds of over 1500 depositors of the Society In a major relief to the depositors of the cooperative society a Jodhpur bench of the high court asked the liquidator to examine the claims and settle them preferably within 90 days The order was given by the bench Justice Dinesh Mehta on a joint plea by 1573 depositors who had pleaded to the court that their deposits were stuck in the scam-hit society despite the release of the deposits of other creditors Petitioners counsel Girish Sankhla submitted to the court that the petitioners have approached it with a limited prayer for a direction to the respondents to decide on the claim applications of petitioners seeking the release of their money lying deposited with the society We stated in our petition that all these petitioners had deposited money in the society But their money got stuck after the society offices were shut following the scam Sankhla said He added that the government had appointed a liquidator for the society to facilitate the refund of money to the depositors The society had released deposits of some depositors but the same of the petitioners had not been released Despite repeated reminders the matter was not being taken up seriously by the liquidator Sankhla said adding that all these aggrieved depositors then moved the high court This limited prayer by the petitioners however did not find any protest by the assistant solicitor general after which the court directed respondents to decide on the application filed by the petitioners expeditiously The respondents included the Union government Serious Fraud Investigation Office and investigating agencies SOGATS apart from the society The court asked the respondents to take the decision preferably within 90 days from the date of receipt of the copy of this order under the rules and guidelines PTI CORR RAX RAX