Creating rights with gusto through new welfare acts would become mere lip service unless their financial impact was kept in mind, the Supreme Court cautioned the Centre on Wednesday.
The court’s oral remark referred to how the government promised dedicated protection officers and shelter homes for women who suffered domestic abuse but has not delivered yet.
Yet again, the government enacted the law on the right to education but did not have funds to build the sufficient number of schools or pay decent salaries to teachers working in the programme.
