Gurugram: The Punjab and Haryana High Court last week expressed “strong dissatisfaction” with child welfare officials for failing to protect a 17-year-old Nuh girl, and ordered that she should be rehoused at a Chandigarh shelter.

Justice Vinod S Bhardwaj criticised the manner in which child welfare officers in Haryana discharged their duties and imposed costs of Rs 25,000 on the state government.

The teenager’s petition—filed with the help of her friend, Jaswant Singh (23)—said her father died a year ago and her mother was “no longer interested in taking care of her”. She was neglected, harassed and ill-treated, it said. Show Full Article

The Nuh district child welfare officer subsequently informed the court it had rescued the girl, prompting the HC to dispose of the petition.

But the

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