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2004 Supreme(Del) 1193

VIKRAMAJIT SEN
B. G. VERGHESE – Appellant
Versus
UNION OF INDIA – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
A.SAHWAN, A.Y.CHITALE, ABHISHEK BHARDWAJ, K.P.PATHAK, MONICA SHARMA, NAVEEN KUMAR SINGH, P.C.SEN, R.G.SRIVASTAVA, RAJIV MEHRA, RAY VIKRAM NATH, SUCHITRA ATUL CHITALI, SURABHI BHATIA, V.P.Singh

Vikramajit Sen, J.

( 1 ) THIS suit concerns the National Police Memorial located in a large public park at the Teen Murti End of Shantipath in an area that has come to be commonly known as the Diplomatic Enclave of New Delhi. Most of the embassies are located on either side of this road. The entire area is remarkable not only because of the foreign missions but also because of its vast and open expanses of greenery. It may well be an ideal location for a national memorial provided it gells and not jars, merges and does not mar with its environs. There is a perception that our police force is greatly ignored when compared to the armed forces, in terms of their respective working and living conditions. Police officers have to work long and unregulated hours, and their housing is dismal when compared with other Government servants. With the egregious escalation in terrorist activities within our country, the casualties in the police and armed forces are largely comparable. Therefore, none can legitimately oppose the recognition of the invaluable services of the police to the country. However, the building of a national memorial for police personnel killed in the line of duty could be























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