Supreme Court Asks Centre To Inform Steps Taken To Stop Manual Scavenging, Abolish Dry Latrines
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he Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has to file an affidavit containing information on these issues within six weeks. The matter will be taken up next on April 12, 2023.
The Court has also added National Commission for Safai Karamcharis, the National Commission for Scheduled Castes,
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The Supreme Court has asked the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment to inform it of the steps taken to stop manual scavenging and abolish dry latrines. The Ministry has to file an affidavit containing the information within six weeks and the matter will be taken up again on April 12, 2023. The Court has also added National Commission for Safai Karamcharis, the National Commission for Scheduled Castes, and the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes as respondents. This is part of the Court's effort to ensure the elimination of manual scavenging and dry latrines in India.
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- he Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has to file an affidavit containing information on these issues within six weeks. The matter will be taken up next on April 12, 2023. The Court has also added National Commission for Safai Karamcharis, the National Commission for Scheduled Castes, and the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes ...
- he Supreme Court has directed the Union of India to place on record the steps taken by it to prevent the employment of manual scavengers as per the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and Their Rehabilitation Act 2013. The Court has asked the Centre to inform the steps taken in pursuance of the guidelines issued in the 2014 judgment “Sa...
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