Delhi High Court calls for report from Delhi Police on kidnapping and abduction of young boys and girls in past five years

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18.07.12/ New Delhi

Hearing a petition of a father claiming police inaction on kidnapping of his child, Delhi High Court has issued notice to Delhi Police and has called a detailed report on cases of kidnapping/ abduction of young boys and girls in that area in past five years detailing steps taken by Police and cases solved.

Arguing counsel Svetlana Sandra Correya from HRLN, who had filed the petition (Writ Petition Criminal 978 of 2012) informed the Court about growing number of kidnapping and abduction of young boys and girls in some areas of Delhi and urged for stringent measures to be adopted by the Police.

Delhi Police is expected to file its report within 10 days and matter will further be heard by Hon’ble Court on 08.08.2012.

HRLN had initiated this petition on being approached by a father whose young son had gone missing suddenly when he was playing out side his house and Police was not able to trace the child despite lapse of a considerable time. It was also brought to the notice of HRLN that there were numerous instances of children going missing being reported in that area.

Click here to read the order dated 18.07.2012.

For further details, please contact:

Advocate Svetlana Sandra Correya

Human Rights Law Network

Mob: 0 99 53 67 13 06

Email: litigation.delhi@hrln.org

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Don't treat humans like guinea pigs, warns Supreme Court

Source: NDTV
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today expressed concern over alleged illegal clinical trial of drugs in the country, saying its "unfortunate" that humans were being treated as "guinea pigs".

A bench headed by Justice RM Lodha pulled up the Centre and the Madhya Pradesh government for not filing their response on PILs alleging large-scale illegal drug trials in the state and other parts of the country.

The bench said, "There has to be some sense of responsibility (on the part of the government). Human beings are being treated as guinea pigs. This is unfortunate." The bench granted the government and Medical Council of India eight weeks more time to file their replies.

The court was hearing two PILs filed by a group of doctors and an NGO alleging that illegal and unethical clinical trials were being done on poor persons including juveniles, tribals and dalits who were used as guinea pigs for testing of drugs and vaccines produced by multinational corporations.

The petitioners had also urged the court to order formation a Committee of Experts, consisting of members of civil society especially, the All India Drug Action Network, to examine the present legal provisions concerning clinical trials both in India and abroad and to make recommendations for framing guidelines on the issue.

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HRLN team locked inside Asha Kiran while conducting inspection

NEW DELHI: A team of lawyers who were conducting an inspection at the Delhi government's overcrowded Asha Kiran Home at 7.30am on Saturday. Half way into the inspection approved by the Delhi high court, the staff on duty at the home for mentally challenged allegedly refused to let the lawyers out, insisting that they had orders that the team must wait for senior officials in charge of the home.

When the team was locked inside the home they called the police and an FIR was lodged.

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Contact: Advocate Anant Asthana and Advocate Pankaj Sinha : Litigation.delhi@hrln.org and Seema Baquer on dri.delhi@hrln.org