HC seeks govt response on circular

Aug 01, 2013 |

Age Correspondent

New Delhi

The Delhi high court on Wednesday directed the city government to file a fresh affidavit on a PIL seeking withdrawal of police circulars which ask station house officers (SHOs) to be on duty 24 hours without any leave and does not allow them to go home unless they have permission from their seniors.
“Is it correct to work for 24X7? How will they give service,” a bench of acting Chief Justice B.D. Ahmed and Justice Vibhu Bakhru said and asked Delhi government’s standing counsel to relook at the issue and then file a more comprehensive status report on it within six weeks.
The bench was hearing a PIL filed by advocate A.K. Biswas seeking withdrawal of circulars relating to working conditions of SHOs claiming people of Delhi would suffer by way of “degraded and inefficient policing”. He said “the circulars of August 30, 1995 and September 10, 2012 are not in conformity with the Delhi Police Act and Article 21 of the Constitution of India and are not according to the general conscience of a human being.”

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City cop found shot in head
AGE CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI, JULY 31

A 50-year-old assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of the Delhi police mysteriously sustained a bullet injury in his head in Chanakyapuri area on Wednesday night.
The incident took place at around 8.30 pm.
Speaking to this newspaper, additional commissioner of police, New Delhi district, S.B.S. Tyagi said the police was busy in investigation to figure out whether he tried to commit suicide or someone accidentally opened fire at him.
The victim ASI, identified as Padma Ram, is posted with the security wing of the Delhi police.
He was spotted with a bullet injury by his colleague who rushed him to the hospital.
“He has a bullet injury in his head and is undergoing treatment at the RML Hospital. The bullet was fired from his service pistol. We are trying to ascertain who opened fire,” said Mr Tyagi.

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