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Angry HC fines Gutkha firm for wanting to hire ‘retired judges with contacts’

New Delhi, October 22: The DS Group, a business “conglomerate” which also sells gutkha, was left with a bad taste in the mouth Wednesday after the Delhi High Court slapped a fine of Rs 1 lakh for putting out an employment advertisement inviting “retired judges with contacts in the judiciary” as its “Head – Legal”. T ....Read more

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Dumb DecisionBy: Sumant | Friday , 24 Oct '08 14:01:50 PM Reply | Forward What's wrong with hiring retired judges? Industry contacts are common in recruitment, and as long as they don't influence decisions, it's not against the law. This fine is ludicrous.

Good response from JudiciaryBy: KVSKumar, Mumbai | Thursday , 23 Oct '08 15:15:41 PM Reply | Forward Kudos Delhi High Court for this act. But I must confess that this fine is nothing but peanut for the Gutka barron. The HC should have fined them with a few crores. The money in any case would come handy for computerization and improving the working conditions of our judiciary which will ultimately benefit the comman man in the form of speady trial and deliverance. I request the judges to keep this in mind when confronting such blatent irresponsibility by those with money and muscle power.

good action by Sunita TiwariBy: Manish Kumar Joddar | Thursday , 23 Oct '08 12:02:52 PM Reply | Forward This is a very good. The society should support lawyer Sunita TIwari for the action she has taken this should be a lesson for such firms so that they refrain form doing such things in fututeManish Joddar

1Lac fineBy: Vinay | Thursday , 23 Oct '08 9:50:44 AM Reply | Forward Only 1 Lac fine as they apoligised

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