The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday took suo motu cognisance of deaths due to manual scavenging in the State. .A bench of Chief Justice Ravi Malimath and Justice Vishal Mishra initiated the case based on multiple articles published in daily newspapers about manual scavenging deaths.The Court issued notice to the State authorities and listed the matter for hearing after four weeks..The Court took into consideration one recent incident from Gwalior, where two workers entered a sewer hole for routine maintenance but died due to poisonous gas The Court further noted that instances of similar nature have occurred at multiple locations in Madhya Pradesh where impoverished workers were sent inside sewer lines without adequate protective gear or equipment..[Read Order]
The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday took suo motu cognisance of deaths due to manual scavenging in the State. .A bench of Chief Justice Ravi Malimath and Justice Vishal Mishra initiated the case based on multiple articles published in daily newspapers about manual scavenging deaths.The Court issued notice to the State authorities and listed the matter for hearing after four weeks..The Court took into consideration one recent incident from Gwalior, where two workers entered a sewer hole for routine maintenance but died due to poisonous gas The Court further noted that instances of similar nature have occurred at multiple locations in Madhya Pradesh where impoverished workers were sent inside sewer lines without adequate protective gear or equipment..[Read Order]
