CURRENT AFFAIRS

#Addressing judges lord, lordship, your honour not mandatory: Apex Court

The Supreme Court observed that addressing judges “my lord”, “your lordship” or “your honour” in courts is not mandatory.

 The judge expects to be called only in a respectful and dignified manner.

The court was hearing a petition filed advocate Shiv Sagar Tiwari demanding abolishing the use of such terms and ordering

 the courts that the judges should not be addressed in such a traditional manner.

As per the petition, addressing judges as “my lord or your lordship” in courts is a relic of colonial era and a sign of slavery.

The court refused to accept the plea and said that it is for the lawyer to choose how he addresses the judge and the judge does not take exception

 if he/she is called ‘Sir’. However, the court declined to order the courts to abolish the use of the conventional terms.

#Important Days January 9 NRI Day

Bhartiya Pravashiya divas was celebrated on 9th jan every year in INDIA for NRI's who setteled to abroad .This year NRI day was observed in NEW DELHI  and Narendra Modi and PM Manmohan singh attended the function..

#Arup Raha takes over as Indian Air Force chief:-

Arup raha is the the 24th chief of the Indian Air Force, and succeded Air chief marshal N A K BROWNE

He was addressing the force soon after taking over as the 24th Chief of the Air Staff from N.A.K. Browne at Vayu Bhawan. “IAF is on a trajectory of modernisation and is transforming into a strategic aerospace power with full spectrum capability,” he said.

The new Air chief who is an experienced Qualified Flying Instructor (QFI) holding ‘A2’ instructional category and had been commissioned into the Flying Branch in December 1974, also called upon “all air warriors to maintain high operational status of the legacy equipment, while operationalising the new inductions in a time-bound manner.”

Air Chief Marshal Raha said in-depth knowledge, proficiency and professional competence to harness the potential of new equipment would provide the necessary cutting edge in discharging the onerous tasks before the IAF.