The Court was hearing a suo motu case initiated last month after a 42-year-old woman from a village in Belagavi was publicly stripped and beaten by fellow villagers after her son eloped with a girl from the same village.
The Karnataka High Court on Monday questioned how those defying the ban on manual scavenging are able to get away with little or no action taken against them for their actions.
The Karnataka High Court condemned the "collective cowardice" shown by villagers who remained mute spectators when a 42-year-old woman from their village in Belagavi was publicly beaten and stripped by fellow villagers
The Karnataka High Court will hear the writ petition filed by BJP MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal, who has challenged the withdrawal of consent for the CBI to probe DK Shivakumar, next on January 5.
The Court wondered how it could have any say on such matters and allowed the petitioner to withdraw its plea and file a fresh petition after conducting more research.