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The Supreme Court of India has directed the Centre and states to take measures to eradicate manual sewer cleaning and improve the conditions of manual scavengers. The court has asked the Centre to issue guidelines to ensure that sewer-cleaning work does not require individuals to enter sewers. Additionally, the court has directed the governments to pay Rs 30 lakh as compensation to the families of those who die while cleaning sewers.

Court has asked the Centre to issue guidelines and directions that any sewer-cleaning work will be discharged through contractors or agencies

New Delhi: There is an urgent need to take proactive steps to not only clear the huge backlog of cases at all levels but for introspection by all stakeholders to meet the aspirations of litigants who seek speedy justice and curtail methods adopted to delay proceedings, the Supreme Court has said while issuing a slew of directions. A bench of justices

According to data available on the National Judicial Data Grid, there are 11.1 million civil cases pending across the courts in the country | Latest News India

The top court stated that manual scavengers have lived in “bondage, systematically trapped in inhuman conditions” for a long time | Latest News India