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Supreme Court Bans Manual Scavenging & Manual Sewer Cleaning In Six Metropolitan Cities
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Supreme Court Bans Manual Scavenging & Manual Sewer Cleaning In Six Metropolitan Cities

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today passed directions banning manual scavenging and manual sewer cleaning in six metropolitan cities in a writ petition seeking the eradication of manual scavenging in India.In its order, it stated that in the comprehensive affidavit filed by the Union, there is "no clarity" on the eradication of manual scavenging and sewer cleaning. The Supreme Court today passed …

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'We Will Go To Any Extent': Supreme Court Expresses Dismay At Govts Not Implementing Directions To Eradicate Manual Scavenging
3 months, 1 week ago

'We Will Go To Any Extent': Supreme Court Expresses Dismay At Govts Not Implementing Directions To Eradicate Manual Scavenging

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on December 11 orally expressed that "it will go to any extent" to make sure the Court's order is complied with while hearing a Public Interest Litigation praying that the major provisions of the Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines Act, 1993 as well as the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and Their …

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92% of workers cleaning urban sewers, septic tanks are from SC, ST, OBC groups
5 months, 4 weeks ago

92% of workers cleaning urban sewers, septic tanks are from SC, ST, OBC groups

The Hindu  

In a first-of-its-kind attempt to enumerate people engaged in the hazardous cleaning of sewers and septic tanks in India’s cities and towns, government data gathered from over 3,000 urban local bodies in 29 States and Union Territories shows that 91.9% of the 38,000 workers profiled so far belong to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, or other backward class communities. Between 2019 …

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Madurai HC orders status report on manual scavenger rehabilitation
7 months, 1 week ago

Madurai HC orders status report on manual scavenger rehabilitation

New Indian Express  

MADURAI: The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has directed the Virudhunagar district collector and the Madurai corporation commissioner to file a status report on a petition seeking the rehabilitation of manual scavengers. The petition was filed by advocate A. Sahaya Philomin Raj, who argued that despite the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013, …

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Death in the sewers, again in Kozhikode
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Death in the sewers, again in Kozhikode

The Hindu  

“Nankal cheyyam,” is Murukeshan’s stoic response to almost every question. A 60-year-old ‘tank worker’, a euphemism for manual scavenger, Murukeshan is part of a brigade of ‘invisible’ workers cleaning sewers and canals in Kerala’s Kozhikode, a city known for its pluralism and literary legacy. The ward sanitation committees, however, hire people to resolve certain drain-related situations where machines cannot be …

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Ensure Effective Implementation Of Law Against Manual Scavenging: Bombay High Court To State
11 months ago

Ensure Effective Implementation Of Law Against Manual Scavenging: Bombay High Court To State

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court recently called for information from the Municipal Corporations of Greater Mumbai, Thane, Kalyan-Dombivali, and Mira-Bhayander on steps taken for effective implementation of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and Their Rehabilitation Act, 2013. The reply affidavit must state whether State Monitoring Committee, Vigilance Committees, State Level Survey Committee, District Level Survey Committee and Sub Divisional …

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Delhi High Court Issues Notice On PIL Against Exclusion Of Sewer And Septic Tank Cleaners From Manual Scavenging Prohibition Law
1 year, 1 month ago

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On PIL Against Exclusion Of Sewer And Septic Tank Cleaners From Manual Scavenging Prohibition Law

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice on a public interest litigation challenging the exclusion of sewer and septic tank cleaners doing hazardous cleaning from the purview of Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013 and the Rules framed therein. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora sought …

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Madras High Court Annual Digest 2023: Part II [Citations 211-413]
1 year, 2 months ago

Madras High Court Annual Digest 2023: Part II [Citations 211-413]

Live Law  

Citations: 2023 LiveLaw 211 to 2023 LiveLaw 413 Nominal Index Pascal Sasil R v. State of Tamil Nadu, 2023 LiveLaw 211 M Mohammed Abbas v State, 2023 LiveLaw 212 Erode Mavatta Valamana Thodakka Versus.The Managing Director / Additional Registrar Erode District Central Cooperative Bank, 2023 LiveLaw 213 Aashik Ali v State, 2023 LiveLaw 214 Murugan v State of Tamil Nadu …

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443 died cleaning sewers, tanks in over 5 years: Govt
1 year, 3 months ago

443 died cleaning sewers, tanks in over 5 years: Govt

Hindustan Times  

More than 400 people have died while cleaning septic tanks and sewers in the country since 2018, the ministry of social justice and empowerment said on Tuesday. In a written response to a question by Trinamool Congress member Aparupa Poddar, minister of state for social justice and empowerment Ramdas Athawale told the Lok Sabha that 443 people died while cleaning …

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Sanitation workers demand end of ‘unfair’ contractual work for desilting drains
1 year, 6 months ago

Sanitation workers demand end of ‘unfair’ contractual work for desilting drains

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: In order to better the lives of nullah cleaning workers hired on a contract basis across Mumbai, especially before monsoons, the Jan Haq Sangharsh Samiti, a people’s collective working on rights of sanitation workers, demanded that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation should end the contract system for nullah cleaning every year. Yashodhara Salvi, a member, said, “I want to introduce …

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Manhole misery: A cry for a cleanup
1 year, 6 months ago

Manhole misery: A cry for a cleanup

The Hindu  

On March 22, 2018, a shroud of fear and anxiety enveloped M. Manikyala Rao as he wearily made his way home. The last such survey, conducted in 2018 across the country as per the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, revealed that there are “1,793 manual scavengers in Andhra Pradesh”. “Many workers in these districts did receive a one-time cash …

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Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: August 14 To August 20, 2023
1 year, 7 months ago

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: August 14 To August 20, 2023

Live Law  

Citations: 2023 LiveLaw 227 To 2023 LiveLaw 232 NOMINAL INDEX Jothi v The State and others, 2023 LiveLaw 227 Manoj Immanuel v Union of India and others, 2023 LiveLaw 228 Lois Sophia @ Layis Shobia v. Inspector of Police and Others, 2023 LiveLaw 229 Dr. Gurubaran and others v. Union of India and others, 2023 LiveLaw 230 Kajendran v Superintendent …

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Is There Any CAG Report On Implementation Of Manual Scavengers Act? Supreme Court Asks Centre
1 year, 7 months ago

Is There Any CAG Report On Implementation Of Manual Scavengers Act? Supreme Court Asks Centre

Live Law  

A Division Bench of the Supreme Court, comprising Justices S. Ravindra Bhat and Aravind Kumar, resumed its hearing of a Public Interest Litigation on the implementation of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013. At the outset, Centre, represented by Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, placed before the Bench several relevant documents, including the surveys …

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Bindeshwar Pathak passes away: The Sulabh founder who came to be known as 'Toilet Man' of India
1 year, 7 months ago

Bindeshwar Pathak passes away: The Sulabh founder who came to be known as 'Toilet Man' of India

Firstpost  

Bindeshwar Pathak, the man behind Sulabh International, passed away on Tuesday following a cardiac arrest in New Delhi. The ‘Toilet Man of India’ built about 1.3 million toilets in Indian homes and 54 million public lavatories using reasonably priced two-pit technology Bindeshwar Pathak, the man behind India’s toilet-building revolution, passed away on Tuesday following a cardiac arrest in New Delhi. …

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Government to conduct re-survey to identify manual scavengers across Karnataka
1 year, 7 months ago

Government to conduct re-survey to identify manual scavengers across Karnataka

The Hindu  

The State government will conduct re-survey and identify manual scavengers across the State, in an effort to eradicate the practice completely, said Rakesh Kumar K., Commissioner for the Social Welfare Department. Speaking at a two-day State-level workshop on ‘Strengthening of rehabilitation schemes for identified manual scavengers’, which was jointly organised by the Department of Social Welfare and Center for the …

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Social Justice Ministry doubts app’s numbers on cases of manual scavenging
1 year, 7 months ago

Social Justice Ministry doubts app’s numbers on cases of manual scavenging

The Hindu  

Data on the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment’s mobile app ‘Swachhata Abhiyaan’ identifies 6,253 cases of manual scavenging in the country. A note prepared for the Ministry in the Supreme Court said the mobile app was launched on December 24, 2020 to capture the data of insanitary latrines still existing and manual scavengers associated with them. Uploaded photographs on …

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Supreme Court Expresses Anguish At States Not Implementing Prohibition Of Manual Scavenging Act
1 year, 8 months ago

Supreme Court Expresses Anguish At States Not Implementing Prohibition Of Manual Scavenging Act

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Thursday, while hearing a PIL on implementation of Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013 asked the Centre, why the states have not taken action on implementation of the Act.A Division Bench of Justice Ravindra Bhat and Justice Aravind Kumar was hearing the matter During the course of the hearing Amicus Curiae …

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530 districts reported as free of manual scavenging: Centre
1 year, 8 months ago

530 districts reported as free of manual scavenging: Centre

The Hindu  

Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, and Jharkhand are among the States and Union Territories that have the highest number of districts yet to declare themselves as manual scavenging free, according to data submitted by the Social Justice Ministry in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. The Ministry said that a total of 530 districts across the country had …

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Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up: July 10 To 16 July 2023
1 year, 8 months ago

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up: July 10 To 16 July 2023

Live Law  

Gurugram Prime Plot 'Sold' Through Fake GPA: Supreme Court Forms SIT To Probe Land Scam; Questions Role Of Sub-Registrar's Office Case title: Pratibha Manchanda And Anr. Supreme Court Issues Notice To CBI, ED On Manish Sisodia's Bail Pleas In Delhi Liquor Policy Scam Case Case title: Manish Sisodia v. Central Bureau of Investigation Citation: Special Leave Petition No. Supreme Court …

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246 districts yet to declare themselves free of manual scavenging
1 year, 8 months ago

246 districts yet to declare themselves free of manual scavenging

Firstpost  

According to data shared in the eighth meeting of the central monitoring committee, out of 766 districts, as many as 520 districts have declared themselves manual scavenging free, while 246 districts are yet to submit the report. About 246 districts in the country have yet to declare themselves free of manual scavenging even as the government’s deadline for declaring India …

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Manual Scavenging: Madhya Pradesh High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognizance After Recent Death Of 2 Contract Workers Inside Sewer Hole
1 year, 9 months ago

Manual Scavenging: Madhya Pradesh High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognizance After Recent Death Of 2 Contract Workers Inside Sewer Hole

Live Law  

Observing that it is unfortunate that the persons employed to do the work in a sewer hole lost their lives, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has taken suo motu cognisance of the continuing manual scavenging in the state after the recent death of two workers in Gwalior. While issuing notice to the State, the bench of Chief Justice Ravi Malimath …

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Only 66% districts in country free of manual scavenging: Social Justice Ministry report
1 year, 9 months ago

Only 66% districts in country free of manual scavenging: Social Justice Ministry report

The Hindu  

Despite stating over the last few years that manual scavenging had been eliminated in the country, and that the only remaining threat was hazardous cleaning of sewers and septic tanks, the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has now said that only 508 districts out of the total 766 districts in the country have declared themselves manual-scavenging free. The …

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Delhi excise policy case | CBI arrests Manish Sisodia after questioning him for 8 hours
2 years, 1 month ago

Delhi excise policy case | CBI arrests Manish Sisodia after questioning him for 8 hours

The Hindu  

The CBI has arrested Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia after nearly eight hours of questioning in connection with the Delhi excise policy case, agency sources said on February 26. Justice Bhat, hearing a petition filed by Dr. Balram Singh in person, sought details of steps taken by the Centre in pursuance of the 2014 judgment, including rehabilitation of the …

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Supreme Court asks government what it has done to end manual scavenging
2 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court asks government what it has done to end manual scavenging

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court has directed the government to place on record within six weeks the steps taken by it to implement its nearly 10-year-old judgment to end manual scavenging and prevent future generations from the “inhuman practice” while making entry into sewers without safety gear a crime even in emergency situations. A Bench led by Justice S. Ravindra Bhat recently …

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