Supreme Court Night Shelters

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  Delhi Night Shelter Demolished, Supreme Court To Now Consider Rehabilitation

  A night shelter near Sarai Kale Khan was demolished by Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) on Wednesday morning.

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  Homeless In UP Denied Night Shelters Without Aadhaar, "What Do We Do?" They Ask

  Three days ago, the Supreme Court asked the Uttar Pradesh government if a homeless person doesn't have the Aadhaar or the national identity card, will he not exist for them? The court asked this after a lawyer representing the UP government in a case related to night shelters for the homeless remarked that "some sort of identification like an Aadha...

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  An Unprecedented Move by Chief Justice of India

  In an unprecedented move, the Chief Justice of India has set up a special bench of two judges to hear cases related to social issues.

• Authorities vacate shelter for homeless after misuse exposed

  As the misery of the cold wave continues to grip northern India, it's the homeless who are bearing the maximum brunt. One of them is Dhaniram, who lives in an under-construction building in the Chindwara district in Madhya Pradesh with his seven-year-old son Maruti.

• Supreme Court to examine report on night shelters for poor today

  The Supreme Court committee monitoring the state of night shelters for poor in winter has criticised the states for not doing enough to protect the homeless. The committee's report will be taken up by the top court today. The court will examine the report and pass further orders.

• Not a single person should die this winter: Supreme Court tells states

  With the mercury dipping across the country as the winter progresses, the Supreme Court today asked state governments to ensure that not a single person dies due to the cold.

• Delhi: Night shelters only on paper

  Last week the Delhi Development Authority demolished several brand-new Delhi government shelters for the homeless. It said the shelters were illegal encroachments.This week the Supreme Court has asked the DDA to re-install the tents and suspend the officers who removed them. "This itself goes to show that one government body from the state and the ...

• India Matters: Homeless in Hyderabad

  He was probably a rag picker, or maybe not. The stench of the garbage was incredible but the homeless man was sleeping soundly. We were near LB Nagar (on) Sagar Road in Hyderabad. Two other sewer pipes showed signs of being in use by homeless persons. They would return later at night. Clearly, the degradation of this experience would fail to give t...

• Supreme Court to all states: Give night shelters

  The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked all states to implement night shelter schemes for the homeless.