The Supreme Court recently clarified that its judgment, in which compensation for death caused due to manual scavenging and manual sewer cleaning was enhanced to Rs. 30 lakhs, would apply to cases in which deaths had occurred before the judgment, if compensation not been determined and paid. The Supreme Court in Balram's judgment, passed in October 2023, enhanced the compensation for manual scavening and sewer cleaning deaths from Rs. 30 lakhs has been claimed in a manual scavenging case should be placed before the Chief Justice of India for appropriate orders. In other words, compensation for sewer deaths shall be 30 lakhs.