Supreme Court report urges judiciary to replace outdated job titles with respectful terms to combat inequality and uphold dignity.
Halalkhor, Cycle Sawar, Dhobi, Coolie, Scavenger, Masalchi, Malan, Basta Bardhar, Chowkidar, Bundle lifter are some of the job titles a Supreme Court report wants the judiciary to get rid of.
A report from the Supreme Court’s Centre for Research and Planning said these and several other terms used in the administrative language of the courts perpetuate a “grammar of inequality”.
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