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Miscarriage of justice is writ large in the Koushal judgment. LGBTQ people are treated as “unapprehended felons” — a great blow to the..(1)..of equality, privacy and dignity embodied in liberal judgments of our Supreme Court under Articles 21, 14 and 15. It has caused..(2)..public mischief and, as represented by the Ministry of Health, contributes to gravely..(3)..the spread of HIV.
The Koushal judgment..(4)..the high standing of Indian human rights jurisprudence. It ignored a long line of the ECHR judgments. It exhibited a total disconnect with the expanding horizon of human rights. Without being..(5).., a queer judgment on queer people has muddied the waters of India’s human rights record.
The balance must be rapidly restored by institutional action of the Supreme Court. The..(6)..of the curative petitions to a Constitution Bench is the first step in the right direction.
Lord Denning observed, “The doctrine of precedent does not..(7)..your Lordships to follow the wrong path until you fall over the edge of the cliff. As soon as you find that you are going in the wrong direction you must at least be..(8)..to strike off in the right direction.” The pithy observation of Justice Robert H. Jackson of the U.S. Supreme Court is also worth recalling: “I see no reason why I should be consciously wrong today because I was..(9)..wrong yesterday.” To conclude with the admirable words of Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer: “Horace wrote: ‘But if Homer, who is good, nods for a moment, I think it a shame.’ We, in the Supreme Court, do ‘nod’ despite great care to be correct, and once a clear error in judgment is revealed, no sense of shame or infallibility complex obsesses us or..(10)..this Court from the anxiety to be ultimately right, not consistently wrong.”
- 1) skepticism
2) heterodoxy
3) doctrine
4) disbelief
Answer & Explanation
Answer – 3)
Explanation: doctrine – belief, सिद्धान्त - 1) decrease
2) minute
3) insignificant
4) enormous
Answer & Explanation
Answer – 4)
Explanation: enormous – big, बड़ा - 1) exacerbating
2) preserving
3) remaining
4) retaining
Answer & Explanation
Answer – 1)
Explanation: exacerbating – worsen, बिगड़ना - 1) prevented
2) diminished
3) eveloped
4) enlarged
Answer & Explanation
Answer – 2)
Explanation: diminished – lessen, कमी - 1) pejorative
2) complimentary
3) positive
4) praisin
Answer & Explanation
Answer – 1)
Explanation: pejorative – express disapproval, निंदात्मक - 1) detest
2) unconcern
3) reference
4) disinterest
Answer & Explanation
Answer – 3)
Explanation: reference - 1) deter
2) delay
3) hinder
4) compel
Answer & Explanation
Answer – 4)
Explanation: compel – force, मजबूर - 1) reject
2) permitted
3) disallow
4) refuse
Answer & Explanation
Answer – 2)
Explanation: permitted - 1) unconsciously
2) consciously
3) apperceptive
4) assured
Answer & Explanation
Answer – 1)
Explanation: unconsciously - 1) talk into
2) dissuades
3) incite
4) persuade
Answer & Explanation
Answer – 2)
Explanation: dissuades – prevent, रोकना
