Govt fooling people on scavenging: SC
22 Aug 2012 12:38 PM IST
The Supreme Court slammed the centre on Tuesday for 'fooling' people and not banning the manual scavenging despite its repeated promises that it would amend the Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines [Prohibition] Act to eliminate the practice.
'We don't want this type of vague affidavit. This shows you are not serious. You are saying the same thing for the last six months. You are fooling the people of this country. It is really unfortunate that even 65 years after the Independence, the manual scavenging continues in this country,' the court told the centre.
'The Directive Principles of State Policy mandates us to prohibit manual scavenging, but you are not serious in introducing an appropriate legislation,' a bench of Justice H L Dattu and Justice C K Prasad observed.
Dissatisfied with the centre's affidavit, the bench asked the additional solicitor general Haren Raval to inform the court on 27 August 27 whether the bill would be introduced in the monsoon session so that it could pass appropriate orders.
The bench was dealing with the appeal filed by the centre against a Madras high court order of June 2011 warning that if it failed to amend the law within two months, the court would direct personal appearance of any of the high dignitaries, be it, from the Prime Minister's Office or other departments.
'We don't want this type of vague affidavit. This shows you are not serious. You are saying the same thing for the last six months. You are fooling the people of this country. It is really unfortunate that even 65 years after the Independence, the manual scavenging continues in this country,' the court told the centre.
'The Directive Principles of State Policy mandates us to prohibit manual scavenging, but you are not serious in introducing an appropriate legislation,' a bench of Justice H L Dattu and Justice C K Prasad observed.
Dissatisfied with the centre's affidavit, the bench asked the additional solicitor general Haren Raval to inform the court on 27 August 27 whether the bill would be introduced in the monsoon session so that it could pass appropriate orders.
The bench was dealing with the appeal filed by the centre against a Madras high court order of June 2011 warning that if it failed to amend the law within two months, the court would direct personal appearance of any of the high dignitaries, be it, from the Prime Minister's Office or other departments.
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