The Hindu Editorial (​​​​Instant injustice) – Apr 04, 2025

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The Hindu Editorial (Instant injustice) – Apr 04, 2025:

1. injustice (noun) – lack of justice, unfairness, misdeed, unjust/unfair act; inequity, partiality, one-sidedness, discrimination.
2. State (noun) – government.
3. High-handedness (noun) – heavy-handedness, arrogance, domineering action, overbearing behavior, imperiousness; autocracy, absolute power, totalitarianism.
4. Adopt (verb) – accept, agree, validate, support, back, endorse, approve, implement, embrace, espouse.
5. Playbook (noun) – a set of strategies.
6. Mob (noun) – a large, disorganized, and often violent crowd of people.
7. Arbitrariness (noun) – the quality of being “determined by personal chance, whim (desire), or impulse, and not by necessity, reason, or principle”; irregularity, changeability, inconstancy, fickleness, volatility.
8. Brazen (adjective) – bold and shameless; unashamed, unabashed, unembarrassed; blatant, flagrant.
9. Bias (noun) – prejudice, partiality, favouritism, unfairness, one-sidedness.
10. Law enforcement (noun) – it describes the agencies and employees responsible for enforcing laws, maintaining public order, and managing public safety.
11. Enforcement (noun) – implementation, execution, imposition.
12. Undermine (verb) – weaken, compromise, erode, sabotage, subvert, damage.
13. Rule of law (phrase) – it is described as “a principle of governance in which all persons, institutions and entities, public and private, including the State itself, are accountable to laws that are publicly promulgated, equally enforced and independently adjudicated, and which are consistent with international human rights norms and standards.
14. Decade (noun) – a period of ten years.
15. Growing (adjective) – increasing.
16. Fundamental Rights (noun) – The Fundamental Rights, embodied in Part III of the Constitution, guarantee civil rights to all Indians and prevent the State from encroaching on an individual’s liberty while simultaneously placing upon it an obligation to protect the citizens’ rights from encroachment by society. Seven fundamental rights were originally provided by the Constitution – the right to equality, right to freedom, right against exploitation, right to freedom of religion, cultural and educational rights, right to property, and right to constitutional remedies. However, the right to property was removed from Part III of the Constitution by the 44th Amendment in 1978.
17. Fundamental rights (noun) – the basic rights provided by the constitution of a country to its citizens.
18. Dignity (noun) – self-esteem, self-worth, self-respect, pride.
19. Extrajudicial (adjective) – out-of-court, private, unauthorized/unwarranted (by law).
20. Alarming (adjective) – worrying, disturbing, shocking, distressing, terrifying, frightening, scary, intimidating.
21. Frequency (noun) – rate of occurrence; the condition of happening frequently during a particular period; rate, regularity, repetition.
22. Civic (adjective) – government, public, community, local.
23. Authorities (noun) – officials, officialdom, the people in charge, the government, the administration, the establishment, the bureaucracy, the system.
24. Resort to (phrasal verb) – fall back on, turn to, have recourse to, make use of, use, utilize.
25. Extra-legal (adjective) – unauthorized by law; beyond the scope of legal authority.
26. Suspect (noun) – suspected person, accused.
27. Given (preposition) – considering, taking into account, bearing in mind.
28. Glimmer of hope (phrase) – a faint sign or trace of hope or a fait hint of hope.
29. Bench (noun) – a court of law with a number of judges.
30. Constitution Bench (noun) – a bench of the Supreme Court having five or more judges on it. These benches are not a routine phenomenon.  Constitution Benches are exceptions, set up only if some circumstances exist).
31. Division Bench (noun) – a bench of two or three judges is called a division bench.
32. Head (verb) – lead, be the leader of.
33. Conscience (noun) – moral sense, inner voice; values/principles.
34. Finding (noun) – A conclusion reached as a result of an inquiry, investigation, or trial; conclusion, result; decision, verdict.
35. Serve (verb) – present, provide, give out.
36. Show-cause notice (noun) – a notice/order asking an individual or group of persons to justify, explain, or prove something to the court/organisation.
37. In person (phrase) – directly, face to face, personally (not by telephone, email, or online).
38. Premises (noun) – building, property, site.
39. Appellant (noun) – litigator, litigant, petitioner, complainant, claimant, plaintiff.
40. High-handedly (adverb) – in an arrogant, domineering, or overbearing manner; oppressively or authoritatively.
41. Due process (phrase) – (equally and fairly) correct process; fair treatment (per established principles & procedures). ​
42. Development Authority (noun) – An organization or statutory body established by the government to oversee and promote urban planning and development within a specific area or region.
43. Article 21 of the Constitution of India (noun) – Protection of life and personal liberty. No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by law.
44. Observe (verb) – comment, remark, say, mention.
45. Compensation (noun) – payment, repayment, settlement (for loss/damage).
46. Observation (noun) – statement, remark, comment, opinion.
47. Reiterate (verb) – repeat, say again, restate, iterate, recapitulate.
48. Trial (noun) – judicial/legal proceedings, hearing/inquiry, court case, legal action.
49. Collective punishment (noun) – a form of sanction/ban imposed on persons or a group of persons in response to a crime committed by one of them or a member of the group.
50. Presume (verb) – assume, suppose, expect, surmise, speculate, posit.
51. Guilty (adjective) – culpable, at fault, accountable/responsible for misconduct.
52. Guilt (noun) – culpability, wrongdoing, blameworthiness.
53. Ascribe (verb) – attribute, assign, connect/associate with.
54. Reassuring (adjective) – encouraging, hopeful, optimistic, positive, heartening, promising.
55. Intervention (noun) – the process of intervening in something; involvement, interference.
56. Deterrent (noun) – a thing that discourages or is intended to discourage someone from doing something; a means of preventing undesirable actions.
57. For one (phrase) – used to emphasize that a particular person holds a specific opinion, even if others may not share it.
58. Disapproval (noun) – condemnation, criticism, censure, flak.
59. Under the guise of (phrase) – under the pretense or outward appearance of something; posture, semblance, (false) show/display.
60. Appeal (noun) – attraction.
61. Partisan (adjective) – biased, prejudiced, one-sided.
62. Pine (noun) – a row/group of people.
63. For instance (phrase) – as an example.
64. Tool (noun) – mechanism, instrument, apparatus.
65. Campaign (noun) –  an organized effort that seeks to influence the decision-making process within a specific group.
66. Apparent (adjective) – obvious, evident, noticeable, conspicuous.
67. Commentary (noun) – comments, opinions, remarks, reports, analysis.
68. Governance (noun) – administration.
69. Mob lynching (noun) – an act of extrajudicial killing carried out by a mob; a violent form of mob justice where individuals are punished without due legal process.
70. Lynching (noun) – an act of punishing/killing someone by hanging for claimed offence by the group of people without legal trail.
71. Menace (noun) – a threat or danger; a source of potential harm, risk, or peril.
72. Duty-bound (adjective) – beholden, under an obligation, obliged, compelled, obligated to do something.
73. Curb (verb) – to control or limit something, especially something bad; to restrain, restrict, check, rein in.
74. Iron fist/hand (noun) – used in reference to the exercise of power with firmness.
75. Akin to (adjective) – similar to, related to, comparable to, connected with, equivalent to.
76. Mob justice (noun) – a situation in which a crowd of people (mob) takes the law into its own hands and punishes someone without legal authority or a fair trial, usually violently.
77. In letter and spirit (phrase) – in both literal (exact written words) and true/intended (real) meaning or purpose of a law or rule.

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