SEWA founder & women’s activist Elaben Bhatt passes away
At the age of 89, Elaben Bhatt, a well-known advocate for women`s empowerment and the founder of the Self-Employed Women`s Association (SEWA), passed suddenly. Chancellor of Gujarat Vidhyapith, which Mahatma Gandhi created, Elaben recently announced his resignation. Previously, he served as Chairperson of Sabarmati Ashram.
In 2007, she became the part of a group of world leaders called the Elders, founded by Nelson Mandela to promote human rights and peace across the world.
###Justice DY Chandrachud sworn-in as 50th Chief Justice of India
The senior-most justice on the Supreme Court, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, was named as the former Chief Justice of India U.U. Lalit`s replacement on October 11. On November 8, Justice Lalit stepped down.
Justice Chandrachud took the oath at a ceremony held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, which was attended by Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju, former Chief Justice of India U.U. Lalit, Supreme Court judges’ and other dignitaries.
About CJI Chandrachud:
- Justice Chandrachud is the son of former Supreme Court judge Y.V. Chandrachud, who was the longest serving CJI for being in office for about seven years and four months between 1978 to 1985.
- Justice Chandrachud did a PhD from Harvard Law School and is known as a non-conformist judge.
- He has played a key role in introducing virtual hearings during the Covid time.
- He has been part of the landmark judgments on Ayodhya title dispute, decriminalisation of homosexuality, adultery, privacy, entry of women into Sabarimala, etc.
- He passed BA with honours in economics from St Stephen’s College, New Delhi and completed LLB from Campus Law Centre, Delhi University.
- Justice Chandrachud practised in the Bombay High Court and the Supreme Court.
- He also served as the Additional Solicitor General of India from 1998 till 2000.
- He was first appointed as a judge of the Bombay High Court on March 29, 2000.
- On May 13, 2016, he was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court.
###Father of modern election science, Sir David Butler, passes away at 98
The "father of electoral science," Sir David Butler, passed away at the age of 98. Butler, who was born on October 17th, 1924, excelled in his studies of philosophy, politics, and economics at Oxford`s New College. When he was commissioned as a lieutenant to fight in the Second World War, his studies were put on hold.
Butler developed upon a long forgotten Edwardian equation called “the cube rule” for his research on elections as an undergraduate. He discovered that he was able to estimate the total number of seats won from the polling numbers, enabling him to forecast the seats likely to be won by any party based on opinion polls.