{"id":5952,"date":"2010-07-08T15:46:22","date_gmt":"2010-07-08T10:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=5952"},"modified":"2010-07-08T15:46:22","modified_gmt":"2010-07-08T10:16:22","slug":"court-questions-upsc-on-shortage-of-prosecutors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-questions-upsc-on-shortage-of-prosecutors","title":{"rendered":"Court questions UPSC on shortage of prosecutors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) asking why it was not appointing public prosecutors in the capital. Of the 215 posts for public prosecutors in Delhi, 44 are lying vacant. 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