Sanitation Workers Archives

Supreme Court Steps In: EDMC and PWD directed to respond to allegations of Manual Scavenging

“It is made clear that if the satisfactory reply is not received on the next date, we will have no option but to direct the registration of an FIR against such officer(s) who are exposing the. workers to the risk of their lives.”

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Read Why Gujarat High Court pulled up State for payment of compensation to dependents of deceased manual scavengers

No explanation was forthcoming in any of the affidavits filed on behalf of the State about non-payment of compensation to the dependents of the deceased sanitation workers who had died during manual scavenging.

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court directs Government of NCT of Delhi to ensure strict compliance of the provisions of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013

Delhi High Court : In a Public Interest Litigation filed by social activist and former Chairman of Delhi Commission for

Case Briefs High Courts

Ori HC | Suo Moto matter taken regarding death of sanitation workers in two incidents; Directions laid down regarding abolition of manual scavenging

Orissa High Court: A Division Bench of S. Muralidhar, CJ and B.P Routray, J., directed 10 lakh compensation to be paid to

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Advocating the Rights of Sanitation Workers Amidst Covid-19

by Animesh Upadhyay & Shikhar Shukla*