Decriminalise

The Supreme Court has sought responses from the Centre and Maharashtra, Gujarat, Punjab and Haryana governments over the plea which demands decriminalisation of begging. The apex court said despite February 10 notice, only Bihar has submitted its response. It has deferred the submission date by three weeks. The plea filed by Vishal Pathak challenged the Delhi HC order, saying that the criminalisation of begging violates constitutional rights… read-more