SC asks HCs to provide details of pending acid attack trials across country

NEW DELHI: (Dec 4) The Supreme Court on Thursday directed all the high courts to submit details of pending trials related to acid attack cases across the country within four weeks, terming the 16-year delay in one of the trials in a Delhi court as a "national shame".

A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi also issued notices to the Centre and the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities on a PIL filed by acid attack survivor Shaheen Malik.

The bench termed as "national shame" the prolonged delay in Malik's own case, which has been pending since 2009 before a Rohini court here.