'Protracted acid attack case trials shameful'
New Delhi, Dec. 5 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday called for day-to-day special court trials in acid attack cases as it heard an acid attack survivor's plea seeking social security, even as the trial in her case remained pending in a Delhi court since 2009.
"It is a shame on society. If the national capital cannot respond to this challenge, who will take care of them? We will take suo motu cognisance of this issue," said a bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi.
The bench issued a notice to the Union government and sought information from the high courts on the pendency of acid attack trials.P4...
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