{"id":54832,"date":"2018-11-28T16:09:25","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T10:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=54832"},"modified":"2018-11-28T16:09:33","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T10:39:33","slug":"sc-slams-nitish-government-calls-sexual-abuse-in-state-run-shelter-homes-shameless-and-inhuman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-slams-nitish-government-calls-sexual-abuse-in-state-run-shelter-homes-shameless-and-inhuman","title":{"rendered":"SC Slams Nitish Government calls sexual abuse in state-run shelter homes shameless and inhuman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" data-attachment-id=\"54833\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-slams-nitish-government-calls-sexual-abuse-in-state-run-shelter-homes-shameless-and-inhuman\/nitish-kumar-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/nitish-kumar.jpg?fit=875%2C583&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"875,583\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"nitish-kumar\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/nitish-kumar.jpg?fit=640%2C426&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/nitish-kumar.jpg?resize=640%2C426&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/nitish-kumar.jpg?w=875&amp;ssl=1 875w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/nitish-kumar.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/nitish-kumar.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/nitish-kumar.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>NEW DELHI:&nbsp;The Supreme Court on Tuesday&nbsp;slammed the Bihar government&nbsp;accusing it of being lackadaisical in its response to&nbsp;rampant sexual abuse in state-run shelter homes&nbsp;where children were allegedly sexually abused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe attitude of the state is extremely unfortunate, tragic and shameless to say the least\u2026 are these children lesser citizens of the country?\u201d a&nbsp;three-judge bench said.&nbsp;&nbsp;The top court added that it was &#8220;tragic&#8221; to go over the file of the case each time.&nbsp;There are 17 shelter homes where allegations of sexual abuse were cited in the TISS report. 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