{"id":29798,"date":"2022-12-19T11:22:01","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T05:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/?p=29798"},"modified":"2022-12-19T11:22:01","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T05:52:01","slug":"the-hindu-editorial-vocabulary-dec-19-2022-day-386","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/the-hindu-editorial-vocabulary-dec-19-2022-day-386\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary\u2013 Dec 19, 2022; Day 386"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Difficult Word\/ Phrase<\/td><td>Contextual Sense<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Remission&nbsp;<\/td><td>An abatement in intensity or degree<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Gruesome&nbsp;<\/td><td>Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jurisdiction&nbsp;<\/td><td>(law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Apparent&nbsp;<\/td><td>Clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Discretionary&nbsp;<\/td><td>Having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Heinous&nbsp;<\/td><td>Extremely wicked, deeply criminal<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Pogrom&nbsp;<\/td><td>Organized persecution of an ethnic group<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Peculiar&nbsp;<\/td><td>Markedly different from the usual; special<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Divest&nbsp;<\/td><td>Deprive of status or authority<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Curb&nbsp;<\/td><td>The act of restraining power, action or limiting excess<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Concur&nbsp;<\/td><td>Be in accord; be in agreement<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Functionary&nbsp;<\/td><td>A worker who holds or is invested with an office<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Vitiate&nbsp;<\/td><td>Take away the legal force of or render ineffective<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A questionable refusal: On the rejection of Bilkis Bano\u2019s review plea<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Supreme Court of India should have reviewed its order letting Gujarat decide on <strong>remission (An abatement in intensity or degree) <\/strong>for Bilkis case convicts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It is a matter of concern that the Supreme Court has declined to review its May 2022 order holding that the Gujarat government is the \u201cappropriate government\u201d to decide on the premature release of 11 convicts serving life terms in the Bilkis Bano gang-rape case, which also involved the <strong>gruesome (Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror) <\/strong>murder of several others. A court\u2019s <strong>jurisdiction ((law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law) <\/strong>to review its own order is limited to correcting any error <strong>apparent (Clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment) <\/strong>on the face of the record. It is also a <strong>discretionary (Having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment) <\/strong>remedy and generally not heard in open court. However, it appears that the two-Judge Bench has failed to address a significant error in its finding that the decision on remission should be made by the Gujarat government. The case, which arose from one of the many <strong>heinous (Extremely wicked, deeply criminal) <\/strong>crimes that took place during the 2002 anti-Muslim <strong>pogrom (Organized persecution of an ethnic group) <\/strong>in Gujarat, had been transferred for trial to Mumbai by the Court. The appeal arising from it was heard by the Bombay High Court. Section 432(7) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) says the \u201cappropriate government\u201d is \u201cthe Government of the State within which the offender is sentenced\u201d. Despite this clear provision, the Bench had taken the view that as the offence had taken place in Gujarat, and the trial in Mumbai, further matters had returned to the jurisdiction of Gujarat on conclusion of trial. It had also noted that the transfer of the trial to another State had taken place under \u201cextraordinary circumstances\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bench\u2019s view was quite <strong>peculiar (Markedly different from the usual; special) <\/strong>because it goes against a statutory provision. Also, the transfer took place only because a fair trial was not possible in Gujarat. It stands to reason that the Gujarat government ought to have been <strong>divested (Deprive of status or authority) <\/strong>of the power to consider remission in the same case. Another aspect of the earlier order was that it had specified that the remission should be considered under its 1992 policy, as it was the one in force on the day of their conviction. Accordingly, in the absence of any specific <strong>curbs (The act of restraining power, action or limiting excess) <\/strong>in that policy on the power to remit the sentences of those involved in heinous crimes, the convicts were released. The Centre, it was later revealed, had also <strong>concurred (Be in accord; be in agreement) <\/strong>with the decision. Fortunately, the refusal to review the earlier order will not affect the outcome of a separate petition challenging their release. There seem to be enough grounds to question the remission. Court filings suggest that the trial judge\u2019s opinion against their release was disregarded. Further, the presence of political <strong>functionaries (A worker who holds or is invested with an office)<\/strong>, including BJP MLAs, on a committee that recommended their release, may have also <strong>vitiated (Take away the legal force of or render ineffective) <\/strong>the decision. The Supreme Court may still have an opportunity to examine the legitimacy of allowing the premature release of those directly involved in communally motivated crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to improve your vocabulary further?&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/vocabulary\/the-hindu-editorial-vocabulary-download-free-pdf\/\">Download the Lists of Word-Meanings of Previous Months here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you want to update your vocabulary on an ongoing basis? 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