👀DAILY HINDU EDITORIAL WORD BYTES - 1-> 9 MAY👀

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💥Daily Word Bytes - 1  from editorial - For a Fair Trial💥

trail (noun) – court case, judicial proceedings, legal action.
Hindu Editorial usage :  For a fair trial: on shifting the Kathua rape and murder case 

warranted (adjective) – necessary, justified, reasonable/appropriate.
Hindu Editorial usage :  Shifting the Kathua rape case to another State is a warranted step

abduction (noun) – kidnapping, hostage-taking.
Hindu Editorial usage :  In shifting the case of the abduction and gang rape of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir to Pathankot in the neighbouring State of Punjab

nomadic (adjective) – wandering, roaming, travelling/rambling. Nomads are people who have no 
permanent home, travel from place to place in search of food (for them and their animals).
Hindu Editorial usage :   when the girl from the nomadic Bakherwal community went missing, some sought to see the incident along sectarian lines

sectarian (adjective) – denoting a sect (a group of people); factional, partisan.
Hindu Editorial usage :   when the girl from the nomadic Bakherwal community went missing, some sought to see the incident along sectarian lines

to the fore (phrase) – predominant, most important, leading position.
Hindu Editorial usage :  Contradictions on communal and political lines came to the fore. 

heckle (verb) – disrupt, interrupt, taunt.
Hindu Editorial usage :  the action of some lawyers in Kathua in heckling the police when they came to file the charge sheet,

vitiate (verb) – spoil, impair, destroy.
Hindu Editorial usage :  contributed to the impression that the atmosphere in the town is too vitiated for the conduct of a fair trial

countenance (verb) – tolerate, permit, allow.
Hindu Editorial usage :   Fortunately, the Supreme Court has not countenanced this demand.

deliberate (adjective) – intentional, purposeful, predetermined.
Hindu Editorial usage :   In the normal course, only deliberate inaction on the part of the State police is a reasonable ground for shifting the probe to another agency.

inaction (noun) – inactivity, apathy/negligence; inertia.
Hindu Editorial usage :   In the normal course, only deliberate inaction on the part of the State police is a reasonable ground for shifting the probe to another agency.

empower (verb) – authorize, allow, entitle.
Hindu Editorial usage :  The transfer of a criminal trial from one State to another is an extraordinary step that the Supreme Court alone is empowered to take

jurisdiction (noun) – territory, region, province/area.
Hindu Editorial usage :  The State out of whose jurisdiction the case is taken may have reason to feel aggrieved as it is seen as a reflection of its handling of law and order

aggrieve (verb) – oppress, treat unfairly, distress/upset.
Hindu Editorial usage :  The State out of whose jurisdiction the case is taken may have reason to feel aggrieved as it is seen as a reflection of its handling of law and order

adjournment (noun) – postponement, rescheduling, delay.
Hindu Editorial usage :   In addition, the court has passed directions necessary to ensure a speedy trial too: day-to-day hearings, no unnecessary adjournments,

prosecutor (noun) – a lawyer who presents the government’s case against someone accused of a crime.
Hindu Editorial usage :  In a departure from the rule that the prosecutor is appointed by the State to which a case is transferred, 

in camera (phrase) – in secret, privately, covertly/confidentially.
Hindu Editorial usage :  The trial will also be in camera.

instill ( verb) – introduce, inject, infuse.
Hindu Editorial usage :  The court’s directions should inspire confidence in the justice system and instil courage among the witnesses.


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