NHRC, INDIA URGES ALL STATES FOR THE IMMEDIATE IMPLEMENTATION OF SUPREME COURT'S 14 DIRECTIVES, ISSUED IN THE CASE OF BALRAM SINGH V/S UNION OF INDIA - 2023, TO ELIMINATE THE PRACTICE OF MANUAL CLEANING OF HAZARDOUS WASTE

India, May 15 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:

In view of the continued practice of manual cleaning of hazardous waste, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India, in a letter to all the Chief Secretaries and Administrators of States and Union Territories, has asked to ensure the immediate implementation of the 14 directives issued by the Supreme Court in its landmark 2023 judgment (Dr. Balram Singh v/s Union of India, 2023 INSC 950), aimed at eradicating the inhuman and caste-based practice of manual scavenging and hazardous sewer cleaning. The Commission has noted that the practice constitutes to a grave violation of human rights, especially the right to life with dignity and equality before the law....