Summary:
The petitioner has sought directions to the State to give a report on deaths occurred because of manual scavenging since 2008 and actions taken after such incidents. It has been alleged in the petition that the State authorities have completely failed in their duty to stop the illegal activity of manual scavenging besides disobeying the orders passed by the Supreme Court for implementing the law that prohibits manual scavenging. more-inThe High Court of Karnataka on Thursday ordered issue of notice to the State government on a PIL petition complaining that the State and its authorities have failed to effectively enforce the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and Justice S.
Sunil Dutt Yadav passed the order on the petition filed by the High Court Legal Services Committee. It has been pointed out in the petition that more than 70 people engaged for manual scavenging had lost their lives in the process of cleaning manholes during past 10 years, and five persons have died during last one month..