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Avani Bansal: The bar and the bench should rise up

Like Parliament, the scope for women in the legal profession evolves as part of a slow turning wheel. It is time to change that.

There are times to sit and watch, And then there are times to rise to the occasion and be counted. In the life of a nation, it is not every day that the divisive tendencies, of one or the other kind, threaten to destroy its very fabric. The unfolding of events in the legal profession since January 12, 2018, ironically also the birth anniversary of the great spiritual monk of India-Swami Vivekananda has been a rolling ball of moss, growing bigger every day. It was on this day that four senior most judges of the Supreme Court, in an unprecedented move,

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