
Issue Directions To All Authorities To Stop Manual Scavenging : Karnataka High Court Directs State Govt
Live LawThe Karnataka High Court on Wednesday suggested to the State government to consider issuing a general direction to all authorities and agencies and instrumentalities of the state for implementation of Rule 3, of The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Rules, 2013. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum said "The state government shall consider issuing a general direction to all Urban and Rural local authorities as well as all agencies and instrumentalities of the state for implementation of Rule 3 of the said Rules of 2013. The State government shall also consider issuing a direction that whenever authorities appoint contractors, condition of complying with Rule 3, should be incorporated in the contract for work order." On the previous hearing, the court had directed the State government to produce the investigation report carried out by the police in the First Information report registered following the death of two persons-- Lal Ahmed and Rasheed Ahmed, residents of Azadpur Road in Kalaburagi who were working as labourers with Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board allegedly while being made to do manual scavenging on January 28.
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