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Agartala, Feb 9 (PTI) A Division Bench of the High Court of Tripura has upheld a single-bench order that a married daughter, who depends on her father’s income, is eligible to get government job in die-in harness case.<\/p>\n
The Division bench of Chief Justice Indrajit Mohanty and Justice S C Chattopadhayay on Tuesday rejected the state government’s petition seeking review of the single bench’s order on the die-in harness scheme.<\/p>\n
A single-bench had earlier said that a married daughter, who depends on her father’s income is eligible to get a government job under the die-in harness scheme while hearing five separate writ petitions.<\/p>\n
The state government had filed a writ petition before a division bench seeking review of the single-bench’s order on the die-in-harness scheme.<\/p>\n
The division bench rejected the state government’s plea saying depriving the married daughter from die-in-harness benefit is against the spirit of the constitution as well as gender parity.<\/p>\n
Advocate Harekrishna Bhowmik, who represented one of the five petitioners, on Wednesday termed the judgment as victory against gender discrimination.<\/p>\n
“We have been able to convince the High Court that a government can’t exclude married daughter from availing the benefit under the die-in-harness case. The court asked the government to reverse its decision by next three months to ensure gender parity , he said.<\/p>\n
In 2015, the state government, by a notification, barred married daughters from the die-in-harness benefit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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