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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Bill to eliminate manual scavenging in Monsoon session, Centre tells SC

Bill to eliminate manual scavenging in Monsoon session, Centre tells SC

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published Published on Apr 3, 2012   modified Modified on Apr 3, 2012
-The Times of India
 
The Centre on Monday informed the Supreme Court that it would introduce a Bill in Monsoon session of Parliament to amend the 19-year-old Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act to ensure rehabilitation of those engaged in such dehumanizing labour.

A bench, comprising Chief Justice S H Kapadia and Justices A K Patnaik and Swatanter Kumar, wanted additional solicitor general Harin Raval to tell the apex court the salient features of the Bill and whether it would render the pending PIL by NGO Safai Karmachari Andolan infructuous.

The NGO's nine-year-old petition had detailed instances about the continuance of the abominable practice in many states, including Delhi, and alleged that the 1993 law against manual scavenging had not been able to eradicate the practice that found over five lakh people engaged in collecting and disposing night soil from homes in various states.

The NGO through advocate Shomona Khanna had filed a contempt petition against Uttarakhand government alleging continuance of manual scavenging in some places of the hill state. The bench asked the government to respond to the charges, while seeking answer from Bihar, UP, Madhya Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir to similar charges.

The Times of India, 3 April, 2012, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Bill-to-eliminate-manual-scavenging-in-Monsoon-session-Centre-tells-SC/articleshow/12511507.cms


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