Hero P&H high court judge M Jeyapaul dives into lake, saves girl from drowning

Monday, 6 April 2015 By Legally India Bar, Bench & Litigation

PTI reported that:

The incident took place on March 30 when Justice M Jeyapaul, 60, of the Punjab and Haryana High Court dived into the Lake to save the 15-year-old girl after he noticed her drowning while he was on his routine morning walk, Sukhna Lake Police Post In-charge Mini Bhardwaj told PTI today.

The judge’s security officer apparently followed the judge into the lake and together they saved the girl, who had allegedly tried to commit suicide.

M Jeyapaul

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Aah 6 Apr 2015, 15:53
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It was so difficult to find where the news was! All ad and no news makes LI a dull boy.
kianganz 6 Apr 2015, 16:46
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Yeah, apologies, we're a bit ad-heavy this month due to the all the law school recruitment ads. Alas we're financially not able to say no to any advertising at the moment, even if admittedly it's slightly OTT right now.

The $100 question though - would you pay for an ad-free LI? If so, how much?
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Rs 100/- without thinking twice
kianganz 7 Apr 2015, 06:23
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Thanks, that's heartening! :)

Is that Rs 100 per year or per month, btw? :)
dJT 7 Apr 2015, 04:45
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you know the answer Kian. We wont pay for NYT and you expect us to pay for LI.
kianganz 7 Apr 2015, 06:21
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Lol. In that case, you'll have to grin and bear the ads for now, I'm afraid ;)
Iwouldpay 7 Apr 2015, 05:20
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About Rs.100 a month would be doable without hesitation, as that's how much I pay for my daily paper.. So, it kinda adds up nicely. Anything over that, and you'll get me thinking...
kianganz 7 Apr 2015, 06:25
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Thanks for your feedback! :)
Anon 7 Apr 2015, 05:58
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Won't pay for LI Kian. However it is becoming increasingly difficult to browse through the site. Perhaps it time the entire site is redone.
kianganz 7 Apr 2015, 06:27
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The number of ads is only temporary, for the next month or so, then they'll start decreasing again.

What else is difficult about browsing the site? On mobile or desktop or tablet?

Are you finding it hard to identify the most important stories? Or hard to find content that is interesting to you? Have you tried using the 'preferences' on the homepage to tailor LI's homepage to what's of interest to you?

Any answers to the above by readers would be helpful, then I could get a better idea of what in the design needs improving.
kianganz 7 Apr 2015, 06:28
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Ps: What about the judge yo, he saved a girl. By jumping into a lake!! ;)
Guest 7 Apr 2015, 07:04
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No, I don't suspect the judge will pay for the pleasure of reading LI either ;-)
kianganz 7 Apr 2015, 07:12
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Lol, nicely done! :)

I don't intend on ever going down the subscription-only route to access content, since I believe there's huge value in content being available for free on the web, but am toying with the idea of:

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Would anyone go for option 2? And if so, would they contribute more than 1 rupee? :)
Guest 7 Apr 2015, 08:50
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Non-charitable donation. You lost me there :)
kianganz 7 Apr 2015, 08:58
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I believe, unless you're a properly registered charity you can't use the word 'donation' - or at least some lawyers have told me that...

Model would be similar to Newslaundry's - asking for money to support independent journalism, type thing... Obviously we're a for-profit, but those profits are still rather non-existent, which prevents us from hiring more journalists and doing even more investigative and kick-ass stories about the legal industry...

If you think LI is worth supporting, please hit up the following link and send some money our way:
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I'll personally send you a nice thank you email, and if there is interest we might roll it out more widely and hopefully be able to reduce our dependence on advertising...

Please do let me know any thoughts or ideas.
Just another fan 7 Apr 2015, 09:05
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We need to wholeheartedly congratulate Justice M Jeyapaul,
Guest 14 Apr 2015, 04:05
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My Regards to the Revered Mr Justice : more to his saying"Primarily I am a Man prior to a Judge,There is nothing more costly than saving some one's life " also " I am grateful to Him for ability he conferred on me " : I came across this TINY news printed in a Odia Daily the Samaj of 7th April in the column ( National & International )at Page 14.

Only Large Hearted Soul does such an act, to me THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST JUDGEMENTS, I might of heard of. Regards u k das
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