Juvenile homes; HC asks govt, police to sort out diffrences

The Delhi High Court today asked the city government and the police to iron out their differences and come out with a joint proposal on setting up of a special unit to tackle emergent and other safety and security issues in observation homes housing juveniles.
"The government of National Capital Territory Delhi (GNCTD) and Delhi Police should try to sort out their differences and will be filing a joint response," a bench headed by Justice S Ravindra Bhat said.
"Nobody can have a rigid stand. These (observation homes) are not regular institutions like Tihar. The Department of Women and Child Development is facing a severe staff crunch," the court said and fixed the matter for hearing on May 19.

It asked Additional Solicitor General Siddharth Luthra, appearing for Delhi Police, to ensure that the police and Delhi government authorities meet and arrive at a solution.
Earlier, the bench had asked the city police to set up a special unit to tackle emergent as well as other safety and security situations arising in observation homes.
The bench had not concurred with the proposal of Delhi Police that the command room, headed by an Assistant Commissioner of Police, is equipped to tackle the situations arising in observation homes.