'Bonded labour' at brick kiln: High Court tells Kapurthala collector to file report

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The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday asked the Kapurthala district collector to file a report regarding an alleged case of bonded labour at a brick kiln in the district, after it was informed that the "detained" labourers were beaten up by the owner after police visited the place after a court hearing last week. A division bench of Justices S. Muralidhar and Avneesh Jhingan in the order said, "At the request of learned counsel for the respondents/state, who seeks time to place on record the report of the district collector, list on June 30".