SC asks Centre, four States to respond to plea to decriminalise begging
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Circumstances force people to beg, says petitioner
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Begger s nuisance during the peak hour traffic at the General Patters Road-Anna Salai junction traffic signal in Chennai on August 29, 2003. Photo: N. Sridharan.
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Circumstances force people to beg, says petitioner
The Supreme Court has asked the Centre and four States to file their response within three weeks on a plea seeking a direction to repeal the provisions criminalising begging.
A Bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and R. Subhash Reddy noted in its order on Friday that though a notice was issued to Maharashtra, Gujarat, Punjab, Haryana and Bihar on the plea on February 10 this year, only Bihar had so far filed its response.