#Proportionality

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Proportionality

Savathûn flew heavily through the shifting skies of her Throne World. She struggled to build speed; her wings seemed frustratingly stiff following her resurrection. She felt slow and uncoordinated, as if her body was not yet entirely her own. She frowned and drifted to the side, favoring her right, and did not see the spinning disk of Void energy until it caught her low in the thorax and sent tumbling to the ground.

There was a terrible noise, a flash of purple metal, and then... it was over.

Immaru materialized in a burst of Light. He looked down at Savathûn, and then up to Saint-14, who stood over her body.

"Already?" Immaru muttered in disbelief.

Saint's face was hidden beneath his helmet. The lavender ribbons on his armor swayed and trailed with each heavy breath. It took him a moment to acknowledge the Ghost.

"I heard you were in Vanguard custody," Saint said.

"I'm not a prisoner," Immaru sniffed. "More like an insurance policy. Anyway, I could sense something happened and Eris let me come down and check it out."

Saint nodded, his focus still on Savathûn. "Something happened, yes," he said, and nudged the pile of broken chitin and crumpled wings with his boot.

Immaru hovered close to Savathûn. "I'm not even gonna ask," he said while channeling his Light.

Savathûn rose to her knees. She took a raspy breath, opened her eyes, and found Saint. She smiled. "For Os-"

Saint stopped her.

Immaru flew into Saint's face. "All right!" he shouted. "You've made your point!"

Saint wiped the steaming ichor from his visor with a thumb and gestured to Savathûn's remains. "Again," he said pointedly.

"Yeah, I don't think so," Immaru replied and initiated his transmat.

Saint suddenly flared with Void energy. He threw his palms out to his sides, and a violet Ward of Dawn dome burst from him.

Immaru felt it ripple through him like a pressure wave, disrupting his transmission. He bobbed unsteadily-he was unable to see. But he could feel, and now Saint's armored hand gripped him so tightly that a hairline split ran through his shell.

"You will bring her back," Saint said.

"I'm getting a little tired of you people threatening to kill me," Immaru said into the muffled void.

Saint's fist loosened by a fraction. "You will bring her back, and I give my word that you and she will both leave when I am finished."

"When you're finished?" Immaru echoed, and he felt Saint release him. He sensed for Savathûn's form hidden in the blackness. He grimaced, focused his Light, and Savathûn began to rise once more.

"Savathûn," Saint said, and killed her.

"You are very new to resurrection as a Lightbearer."

"In the beginning, there is a weakness when you first come back."

"Like waking from a deep sleep. From a coma."

"That is why I can best you; you are still unsteady."

"You are Hive, and you know suffering. You come from death. It is nothing to you."

"But I think, maybe, you do now know how it feels to be helpless."

"I will teach you."

***

After a long, long time, Saint was finished. The dome vanished, exposing the Exo, the Ghost, and the god to the murky Throne World sky.

Saint slowly keyed in his transport request and removed his helmet. As he transmatted out, he looked once more at Savathûn.

"This was not for Osiris," he said, his voice hoarse and ragged.

"This was for me."

***

When Saint returned home, Osiris met him at the door. "You were gone for a while. That must have been quite the patrol," he said. "Are you hungry?"

And Saint-14-the greatest Titan who ever lived-fell into his open arms and wept.

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Why Proportionality Differs in Israel-Gaza: Douglas Murray's Take

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The IDF is not indiscriminately bombing Gaza civilians. The IDF released this footage of Air Force pilots and their commanders calling off a strike on a terrorist target because too many civilians were in the area.

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"Widow's Merit Denied: High Court Intervenes Against Appointment Block Due to Marital Dispute Case'

#widow

➡️The petitioner, Neeraj Kanwar, a widow, passed the RAS Combined Examination 2021-22 but faced withheld appointment due to a pending criminal case (FIR filed by her late husband regarding a matrimonial dispute). Despite disclosing the FIR, the respondents cited a condition disqualifying candidates with pending criminal trials. Interim protection from the High Court resulted in a provisional appointment order during the writ petition's pendency.

#pendingcriminalcase

➡️There were three fold legal issue

🔹Can a candidate’s appointment be denied solely due to a pending criminal case from a matrimonial dispute, despite truthful disclosure and no offences involving moral turpitude?

🔹Is automatic disqualification for candidates with pending criminal trials, as stated in the advertisement, legally valid?

🔹Did the appointing authority properly evaluate the case facts, offence nature, and petitioner’s suitability under Supreme Court guidelines and their circular?

#matrimonialdispute

➡️The Petitioner's contention was

🔹Disclosed the pending FIR truthfully.

🔹Alleged offences are trivial & matrimonial, and lack moral turpitude.

🔹No written reasons were given for withholding her appointment, violating natural justice.

➡️Respondents failed to assess her suitability objectively as per the circular.

Candidates with lower merit were appointed.

🔹The Respondents rebutted stating

🔹Petitioner's pending criminal case led to a final report and trial.

🔹Circular (04.12.2019) and advertisement condition disqualify her due to the trial.

🔹Review committee deemed her unsuitable.

🔹Employer can evaluate suitability based on criminal cases.

🔹No obligation to disclose reasons for withholding the appointment.

#moralturpitude

➡️The High Court observed that the petitioner truthfully disclosed the criminal case.

🔹Principles from Avtar Singh v. Union of India require objective evaluation of offence nature and moral turpitude.

🔹Respondents failed to show objective consideration of case facts and suitability, while their claim of review committee findings lacked evidence.

🔹Natural justice required written reasons for withholding appointment; alleged offences stemmed from matrimonial discord and lacked character flaws.

🔹The court favored a reformative approach, emphasizing proportionality and distinguishing minor offences from serious crimes.

➡️The court allowed the writ petition, directing the petitioner’s appointment based on merit, subject to the pending criminal case and an undertaking. If acquitted or discharged, she will receive all benefits.

➡️Case Neeraj Kanwar v. The State of Rajasthan & 2 others

WP 9517/2024

Court Rajasthan High Court at Jodhpur

Bench Hon'ble Mr Justice Arun Monga J

➡️Stay connected for more such #legalinsights #legalassistance #documentdrafting #legalupdates #significntrulings from #SC & #HCs of India.

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Self-Defense

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some notes i took on one of the problems of solving for proportions w/ fractions. I got it wrong a few times before I realized I'd forgotten to flip. Eventually figured that out, and did n/8*5/11 = 5n/88

Now for 5n/88, how do you determine n?

5*n = 88 = TRUE

88/n = 5 = TRUE

88/5 = n = TRUE

The correct answer for finding the value of "n", is 88/5.

I still have to work a lot on this, fractions are one of my weakest points in math. But I was able to solve a few of the questions even though I didn't actually understand how, and I'm starting to at least be able to find where I'm making mistakes. I have hope!

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More than a month afterHamas fighters killed 1,400 Israelis in a shock assault, bombs continue to fall on the Gaza Strip in reprisal Israeli attacks.

The aerial campaign has left a heavy death toll – the health authority in the Hamas-run enclave has put the total number of Palestinians killed in excess of 10,000 – leading to questions over whether the response by Israel has been proportionate.

“Proportionality” has a place in what is described as the “laws of war.” The Conversation turned to Robert Goldman, an expert on international humanitarian law at American University Washington College of Law, for guidance on some of the issues.

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This is really something worth watching. It’s about 5 minutes of Lord Gugliemo Verdirame, rebutting claims war crime allegations based of disproportional response and occupation by Israel.

Posted @withregram • @hillelneuer Must-see speech on the legality of Israel's fight against Hamas, delivered in 🇬🇧 House of Lords yesterday by Lord Guglielmo Verdirame KC, professor and barrister in public international law:

“There has been a lot of talk about proportionality in the law on self-defence. I refer to the words that the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, used a few days ago on the test of proportionality. It does not mean that the defensive force has to be equal to the force used in the armed attack. Proportionality means that you can use force that is proportionate to the defensive objective, which is to stop, to repel and to prevent further attacks.

Israel has described its war aims as the destruction of Hamas’s capability. From a legal perspective, these war aims are consistent with proportionality in the law of self-defence, given what Hamas says it does and what Hamas has done and continues to do.

Asking a state that is acting in self-defence to agree to a ceasefire before its lawful defensive objectives have been met is, in effect, asking that state to stop defending itself. For such calls to be reasonable and credible, they must be accompanied by a concrete proposal setting out how Israel’s legitimate defensive goals against Hamas will be met through other means. It is not an answer to say that Israel has to conclude a peace treaty, because Hamas is not interested in a peace treaty.

Proportionality also applies in the law that governs the conduct of hostilities, not only in self-defence. The law of armed conflict requires that in every attack posing a risk to civilian life, that risk must not be excessive in relation to the military advantage that is anticipated.

That rule does not mean, even when scrupulously observed, that civilians will not tragically lose their lives in an armed conflict. The law of armed conflict, at its best, can mitigate the horrors of war but it cannot eliminate them.

The great challenge in this conflict is that Hamas is the kind of belligerent that cynically exploits these rules by putting civilians under its control at risk and even using them to seek immunity for its military operations, military equipment and military personnel...

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