Delhi High Court sentences two PWD officials to jail for contempt after they failed to follow orders on protection of trees

While keeping the sentence in abeyance, the Court said that there had been a consistent disregard of its orders and that such recalcitrance merits a jail term.
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The Delhi High Court recently sentenced two officials of the Public Works Department (PWD) to jail for failing to comply with orders passed by the Court and the National Green Tribunal (NGT) regarding protection of trees.

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