The Supreme Court on Thursday sought data from all High Courts regarding the pending trials in acid attack cases.

A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi directed the Registrar Generals of all High Courts to submit the data regarding pending acid attack cases. The bench was hearing a plea concerning the condition of acid attack survivors.

The petitioner, an acid attack survivor who personally appeared before the Bench, said that she was attacked in 2009, yet the trial has still not concluded. “Mere saath 2009 mein attack hua tha, abhi tak trial chal raha hai,” she said in Hindi. She added that till 2013 nothing happened in the case and the trial, which is now taking place in Rohini in Delhi, is now in the final hearing stage.

The bench expr

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