'Human Life Is Precious': Bombay HC Raps BMC Over Open Manhole Deaths, Seeks Action Taken Report

Mumbai, July 6: Human life is precious and everything must be done to protect it, the Bombay High Court said on Monday while pulling up the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) over repeated deaths caused by people falling into open manholes. HC Pulls Up BMC A Bench of Justices Ajey Gadkari and Kamal Khata also criticised the civic body for refusing to assure the court during the previous hearing that there would be no manhole-related deaths this monsoon. When the matter was heard on June 29, the court