{"id":10372,"date":"2011-04-30T16:50:21","date_gmt":"2011-04-30T11:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=10372"},"modified":"2011-04-30T16:56:07","modified_gmt":"2011-04-30T11:26:07","slug":"delhi-fines-21600-public-smokers-in-15-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-fines-21600-public-smokers-in-15-months","title":{"rendered":"Delhi fines 21,600 public smokers in 15 months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/smoking-inpublic-places.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10373\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-fines-21600-public-smokers-in-15-months\/smoking-inpublic-places\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/04\/smoking-inpublic-places.jpg?fit=242%2C209&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"242,209\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"smoking\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/04\/smoking-inpublic-places.jpg?fit=150%2C129&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/04\/smoking-inpublic-places.jpg?fit=242%2C209&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10373\" title=\"smoking\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/smoking-inpublic-places.jpg?resize=242%2C209&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/04\/smoking-inpublic-places.jpg?w=242&amp;ssl=1 242w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/04\/smoking-inpublic-places.jpg?resize=150%2C129&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/a>Despite the ban on smoking in public places, people continue breaking the law and as many as 21,600 violators were fined in the national capital over the last 15 months, according to Delhi Health Minister A.K. Walia.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Between January 2010 and March 2011, a total of 181,000 places were inspected, and 21,600 persons and 3,200 tobacco vendors were fined,\u2019 Walia said Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The minister said this while inaugurating a month-long \u2018No Tobacco\u2019 campaign in the city.<\/p>\n<p>Launched by NGO Bhagidari Jan Sahyog Samiti in association with the directorate of health services, the campaign will include a number of programmes such as debates, a poster competition, sports meet and a rally.<\/p>\n<p>Walia urged people to avoid smoking.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Around 3,000 people die everyday due to tobacco habits in India. It causes 10 lakh deaths per year in the country,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>The minister said that Delhi is a pioneering state in tobacco control legislations such as the Delhi Prohibition of Smoking and Non Smoker\u2019s Health Protection Act 1996 and the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2003.<\/p>\n<p>The laws have provisions related to banning smoking in public places, prohibiting sale of tobacco products by and to minors, prohibiting sale of tobacco products within 100 metres of schools and banning advertisements of tobacco products.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the ban on smoking in public places, people continue breaking the law and as many as 21,600 violators were fined in the national capital over the last 15 months, according to Delhi Health Minister A.K. Walia. \u2018Between January 2010 and March 2011, a total of 181,000 places were inspected, and 21,600 persons and 3,200 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[3308,229,3309,3307],"class_list":["post-10372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-top-law-news","tag-15-months","tag-delhi","tag-delhi-health-minister-a-k-walia","tag-public-smokers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Delhi fines 21,600 public smokers in 15 months<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Despite the ban on smoking in public places, people continue breaking the law and as many as 21,600 violators were fined in the national capital over the last 15 months, according to Delhi Health\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-fines-21600-public-smokers-in-15-months\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Delhi fines 21,600 public smokers in 15 months\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Despite the ban on smoking in public places, people continue breaking the law and as many as 21,600 violators were fined in the national capital over the last 15 months, according to Delhi Health\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-fines-21600-public-smokers-in-15-months\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-04-30T11:20:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2011-04-30T11:26:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/smoking-inpublic-places.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/delhi-fines-21600-public-smokers-in-15-months#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/delhi-fines-21600-public-smokers-in-15-months\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea\"},\"headline\":\"Delhi fines 21,600 public smokers in 15 months\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-04-30T11:20:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-04-30T11:26:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/delhi-fines-21600-public-smokers-in-15-months\"},\"wordCount\":207,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/delhi-fines-21600-public-smokers-in-15-months#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.in\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/04\\\/smoking-inpublic-places.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"15 months\",\"Delhi\",\"Delhi Health Minister A.K. Walia\",\"public smokers\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Top Law News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/delhi-fines-21600-public-smokers-in-15-months#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/delhi-fines-21600-public-smokers-in-15-months\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/delhi-fines-21600-public-smokers-in-15-months\",\"name\":\"Delhi fines 21,600 public smokers in 15 months\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/delhi-fines-21600-public-smokers-in-15-months#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/delhi-fines-21600-public-smokers-in-15-months#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.in\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/04\\\/smoking-inpublic-places.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-04-30T11:20:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-04-30T11:26:07+00:00\",\"description\":\"Despite the ban on smoking in public places, people continue breaking the law and as many as 21,600 violators were fined in the national capital over the last 15 months, according to Delhi Health\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/delhi-fines-21600-public-smokers-in-15-months#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/delhi-fines-21600-public-smokers-in-15-months\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/delhi-fines-21600-public-smokers-in-15-months#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.in\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/04\\\/smoking-inpublic-places.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.in\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/04\\\/smoking-inpublic-places.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/delhi-fines-21600-public-smokers-in-15-months#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Top Law News\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/category\\\/top-law-news\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Delhi fines 21,600 public smokers in 15 months\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Legal News India - Supreme Court & High Court Updates\",\"description\":\"Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates\",\"alternateName\":\"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"width\":250,\"height\":250,\"caption\":\"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/LegalindiaCom\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/Legal_india\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea\",\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Legal India Admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/legaliadmin\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/legal-india-admin\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Delhi fines 21,600 public smokers in 15 months","description":"Despite the ban on smoking in public places, people continue breaking the law and as many as 21,600 violators were fined in the national capital over the last 15 months, according to Delhi Health","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-fines-21600-public-smokers-in-15-months","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Delhi fines 21,600 public smokers in 15 months","og_description":"Despite the ban on smoking in public places, people continue breaking the law and as many as 21,600 violators were fined in the national capital over the last 15 months, according to Delhi Health","og_url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-fines-21600-public-smokers-in-15-months","og_site_name":"Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","article_published_time":"2011-04-30T11:20:21+00:00","article_modified_time":"2011-04-30T11:26:07+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/smoking-inpublic-places.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Legal India Admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Legal India Admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-fines-21600-public-smokers-in-15-months#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-fines-21600-public-smokers-in-15-months"},"author":{"name":"Legal India Admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea"},"headline":"Delhi fines 21,600 public smokers in 15 months","datePublished":"2011-04-30T11:20:21+00:00","dateModified":"2011-04-30T11:26:07+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-fines-21600-public-smokers-in-15-months"},"wordCount":207,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-fines-21600-public-smokers-in-15-months#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/smoking-inpublic-places.jpg","keywords":["15 months","Delhi","Delhi Health Minister A.K. Walia","public smokers"],"articleSection":["Top Law News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-fines-21600-public-smokers-in-15-months#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-fines-21600-public-smokers-in-15-months","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-fines-21600-public-smokers-in-15-months","name":"Delhi fines 21,600 public smokers in 15 months","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-fines-21600-public-smokers-in-15-months#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-fines-21600-public-smokers-in-15-months#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/smoking-inpublic-places.jpg","datePublished":"2011-04-30T11:20:21+00:00","dateModified":"2011-04-30T11:26:07+00:00","description":"Despite the ban on smoking in public places, people continue breaking the law and as many as 21,600 violators were fined in the national capital over the last 15 months, according to Delhi Health","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-fines-21600-public-smokers-in-15-months#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-fines-21600-public-smokers-in-15-months"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-fines-21600-public-smokers-in-15-months#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/smoking-inpublic-places.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/smoking-inpublic-places.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-fines-21600-public-smokers-in-15-months#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Top Law News","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Delhi fines 21,600 public smokers in 15 months"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/","name":"Legal News India - Supreme Court & High Court Updates","description":"Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates","alternateName":"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","width":250,"height":250,"caption":"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Legal_india"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea","name":"Legal India Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Legal India Admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com","https:\/\/x.com\/legaliadmin"],"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/author\/legal-india-admin"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6673,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/1024-units-for-slum-dwellers-within-six-months","url_meta":{"origin":10372,"position":0},"title":"&#8216;1,024 units for slum dwellers within six months&#8217;","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"September 7, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Over 1,000 low-cost houses will be ready for slum dwellers in the capital within six months, Delhi Urban Development Minister A.K. Walia said Tuesday. Walia said Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) is constructing as many as 1,024 such units in Dwarka area in southwest Delhi, near a Delhi metro\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11213,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-government-proposes-fast-track-courts-for-rape-cases","url_meta":{"origin":10372,"position":1},"title":"Delhi government proposes fast track courts for rape cases","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"May 27, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"The Delhi government has written to the chief justice of the Delhi High Court urging him to set up fast track courts for ensuring speedy justice to rape victims, state Women and Child Development Minister Kiran Walia said Thursday. \"I have already written a letter to the chief justice of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Delhi-High-Court7.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6235,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-doctors-trained-to-deal-with-domestic-violence-victims","url_meta":{"origin":10372,"position":2},"title":"Delhi doctors trained to deal with domestic violence victims","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"July 22, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"The Delhi government Thursday launched a training programme for its medical officers on treating victims of domestic violence. Health Minister Kiran Walia, inaugurating the programme on 'Holistic and Human Care of Women Victims of Domestic Violence', said many such programmes will be organised in the city in future. Walia stressed\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8044,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhis-slum-dwellers-to-get-15000-low-cost-flats","url_meta":{"origin":10372,"position":3},"title":"Delhi&#8217;s slum dwellers to get 15,000 low-cost flats","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"January 4, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday initiated the process of allotting around 15,000 low-cost flats to make the city slum-free, an official said. The allotment of flats, constructed under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission project, commenced after Dikshit chaired a meeting of the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Intellectual Property News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Intellectual Property News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/intellectual-property-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9044,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/awareness-needed-for-delhis-women-dikshit","url_meta":{"origin":10372,"position":4},"title":"Awareness needed for Delhi&#8217;s women: Dikshit","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"February 19, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Delhi's women need to be made aware about their rights and the importance of their empowerment, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said here Saturday. \"We need to make women aware about their powers, only then will they feel empowered. Awareness is more important than legal empowerment,\" Dikshit said as she flagged\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Intellectual Property News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Intellectual Property News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/intellectual-property-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":22453,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hc-stays-delhi-governments-decision-to-hike-court-fees","url_meta":{"origin":10372,"position":5},"title":"HC stays Delhi government&#8217;s decision to hike court fees","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"August 9, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"The increased court fee issue today saw a breakthrough when the Delhi High Court stayed the city government's decision to hike the court fees by ten-fold and asked it to resolve the impasse within two weeks after holding discussions with lawyers' bodies. A bench of Acting Chief Justice A K\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6H5Bf-2Hi","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10372\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}