Overview
- Job notices for sanitation posts must replace “Christian only” with “citizen” to end religious discrimination.
- Authorities must immediately equip sewerage workers nationwide with safety suits, oxygen and gas monitors, ventilation, and first-aid.
- The directive applies to both state employees and contract staff working in sewerage operations.
- The court held that denying protective gear violates the fundamental right to life under Article 9 of the Constitution.
- The judgment, issued on public-interest petitions, orders federal and provincial bodies to implement reforms at once with continuous compliance monitoring.