UTTARAKHAND :
Earlier, 18 Muslim women in Rajasthan and 5 in Uttar Pradesh had cleared the exams this year.
New Delhi :’
Three Muslim women hailing from the villages around Haridwar in Uttarakhand have cleared the Judicial Services (Civil Judge-Junior Division) Examination whose final results were announced on December 22. There were four Muslims among the 17 candidates who appeared in the 2019 exams and have been selected this year with Udisha Singh at the top of the heaps.
The Uttarakhand Public Service Commission released the results of the Provincial Civil Services-Judge Main Examination on May 22 this year. Selected candidates were called for an interview during September 17-20. Seventeen candidates cleared the interview in the results released on Tuesday.
The three qualifying Muslim women are Aisha Farheen, Gulista Anjum and Jahan Aara Ansari. Earlier, 18 Muslim women in Rajasthan and 5 in Uttar Pradesh had cleared the judicial services exams this year.
Farheen, who hails from Rurkee’s Shahpur, is the first woman in her family to study the law. She is the most educated woman in her village who did LLB (Bachelor of Laws) from the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). Her father studied up to Class V only while the mother never went to school. Farheen, who was ranked 9th, said that she succeeded in her first attempt after 6 months of preparations for the exam.
“Allah has done justice with me. I will work professionally as per the law. I have not met any judge before. I gave importance only to two things in my life: one is my books and the second is my family. I feel that women should be given a lot of opportunities to study and progress. No one should have excuses for their failures,” Farheen was quoted by Twocircles.net as saying.
Farheen’s father said that although he studied up to only Class V, he was determined to educate her daughter and allow her to progress. He sent her to Rurkee, Allahbad and Aligarh Muslim University for higher studies. “Those who disliked the education of daughters are silent now,” he said.
Gulista Aara, whose father is a social worker, said that she had been able to achieve this because her father’s dream was to see her as a judge. Her father emphasised on women’s education among Muslims. He felt proud after his daughter succeeded in the judicial services exam. Gulista herself stressed on women’s education. She believes that if women are educated, society will be safe. This is not the first attempt of Gulista for the judicial services. In 2017, she had reached the interview segment but was not selected in the final result. She gives the credit for her success to her family members and teachers.
Jahan Aara, who hails from Jawalapur’s Sarai, has done her LLB course from Dehradun. Then, she did a diploma in journalism as she wanted to become a journalist. But when she saw that Muslim women are becoming judges in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand, she started her preparations for the judicial services exam at her home.
Her father Shahadat Hussain, a farmer, said that it was a lady police officer in Dehradun, Shahjahan Ansari, who inspired him to dream big about her daughter. His daughter finally fulfilled his dream.
Jahan Aara said that she got full freedom from her family to study whatever she wants. No family members stopped her from doing what she wanted to do.
source: http://www.clarionindia.net / Clarion India / Home> Editor’s Pick / by Team Clarion / December 28th, 2020