New Delhi, Oct 18: The Supreme Court today admitted a petition filed by NGO common cause seeking a directive for banning all anti-scientific rituals practised in many states posing danger to human lives. A bench Comprising Chief Justice V N Khare and Justice S B Sinha admitted the appeal after senior advocate Ashwini Kumar, appearing for the petitioner, contended that the Chief Secretary of every state should be made accountable for banning all such inhuman rituals. The petition was filed immediately after the horrible practice of burying a child alive for few hours in Tamil Nadu was highlighted by the electronic and print media seeking ban on such a ritual.
The Tamil Nadu government, taking swift action, had enacted a law prohibiting the child burying ritual last year itself. Kumar contended that such unscientific rituals not only pose danger to the human beings but also were a gross violation of their fundamental right to life and liberty.
Bureau Report