"We want to see the new legislation whether it takes care of everything or not. We will ask all states to implement it," a bench comprising Chief Justice P Sathasivam and Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai said.
It was told that the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Bill, 2013 has got the nod of both houses of Parliament and awaits the President's assent for notification.
The Haridwar district magistrate, who had been pulled up on December 11 last year for filing an "incorrect" affidavit that there is no manual scavenging in the temple town, was asked by the Bench to file additional affidavit about the exact position there.
It had directed the officer to personally visit those places, where manual scavenging is prevalent, and take immediate steps for scavengers' rehabilitation.
The PIL filed in 2003 by an NGO, Safai Karamchari Andolan, had sought banning of manual scavenging and has been time-to-time coming out with the events and data to falsify the claim of the authorities.