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6mo ago

Supreme Court Orders Nationwide Data on Acid-Attack Trials, Calls 16-Year Delay a ‘National Shame’

The bench pressed for daily hearings to speed stalled prosecutions.

The bench also instructed the registries of all high courts to provide details of similar pending matters across the country.
The court sought information from high courts on the pendency of acid attack trials. (ANI)
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Overview

  • Directing all High Courts to report within four weeks, the Supreme Court sought details of pending acid-attack trials after condemning a 2009 Rohini case still unfinished as a mockery of the system.
  • The Court proposed trying such offences in special courts and invited petitioner Shaheen Malik to seek day-to-day hearings to expedite her own long-pending case, which is listed again next week.
  • Issuing notices to the Union government and the Disabilities Department, the bench asked the Centre to consider adding acid-attack survivors to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, with Solicitor General Tushar Mehta promising due seriousness.
  • In a separate petition, a bench led by Justice B. V. Nagarathna impleaded NALSA to gather state-wise data on compensation after an NGO alleged many survivors received only the initial ₹1 lakh and were refused free care by private hospitals.
  • NALSA orally reported roughly ₹484 crore disbursed between March 2024 and April 2025 and agreed to file a written response as states were reminded to fund legal services authorities and enforce free critical treatment for survivors.