The Supreme Court on Monday warned the States, which are yet to submit their response to the Centre on forming a uniform national policy on menstrual hygiene for girls studying in schools, it will take recourse to the "coercive arm of law" if they failed to do so by August 31.
The warning came after the Centre informed the apex court it has so far received the response of only four States.
A bench headed by Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud directed the States and Union Territories (UTs), which have failed to submit their responses, to do so positively by August 31.
