HC: We must hang our heads in shame for treatment of SCs

HC: We must hang our heads in shame for treatment of SCs

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Madurai:23.12.2020

Taking suo motu cognizance of a news report according to which a dead body was taken to the graveyard through cultivable land at Marudur village near Melur in Madurai district, Madras high court sought a report from the state government on the availability of basic facilities at places where scheduled caste (SC) community people reside in the state.

In the report, members of adi dravidar colony in the village were seen carrying a body to the graveyard through agricultural land due to absence of pathway. A division bench of Justices N Kirubakaran and B Pugalendhi observed that we must hang our heads in shame for discriminating against people belonging to the SC community. They observed that even now such people were not getting basic amenities and being ill-treated by people of other communities.

The court observed that not only the living but the dead should be given dignity. Saying that every village should have a pathway to the graveyard, the judges sought response from the government on providing a pathway to the graveyard at Marudur village. Taking a larger view, the court sought a report from the state government on the following queries: Number of places where people belonging to the SC community are residing and the availability of basic facilities such as drinking water and road facilities. Number of places which do not have pathways to graveyard, steps taken to provide them and in what time these would materialise. The case was adjourned to December 23 for further hearing.

Madras high court sought a report from the state government on the availability of basic facilities at places where scheduled caste (SC) community people reside in the state