SC Seeks Details Of Pending Acid Attack Trials Nationwide From Hcs

2025-12-04 03:10:47

(MENAFN- Kashmir Observer)
File photo of Supreme Court of India.

New Delhi- The Supreme Court on Thursday directed all the high courts to submit details of pending trials related to acid attack cases across the country within four weeks, terming the 16-year delay in one of the trials in a Delhi court as a“national shame”.

A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi also issued notices to the Centre and the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities on a PIL filed by acid attack survivor Shaheen Malik.

The bench termed as“national shame” the prolonged delay in Malik's own case, which has been pending since 2009 before a Rohini court here.

“What a mockery of the legal system! This is such a shame. If the national capital cannot handle this, then who will? This is national shame,” the bench said.

The CJI asked Malik to file an application in the PIL itself explaining why the matter has not been concluded, assuring her that the court may even take suo motu cognisance.

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