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Delhi HC takes cognizance of deaths during cleaning of sewer, orders PIL

NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Monday took cognizance of the death of two people in the national capital allegedly while cleaning a sewer last week and directed registering a public interest litigation.

Taking cognizance on its own, a bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad issued notice to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, Delhi government and Delhi Jal Board on the matter on the basis of a news report dated September 11, and also appointed senior advocate Rajshekhar Rao as the amicus curiae (friend of the court) to assist it.

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