Last Update: 15 September 2022, 15:41 IST
Petition filed in HC against AAP government (Representational Image)
The petitioner argued that “the inaction on the part of the respondent government violates the fundamental right to education of the students”.
The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought response from the Aam Aadmi Party-led government on a plea seeking full-time education for students, alleging that government schools in the national capital’s north-eastern district were only for two hours or as an alternative. Classes are being conducted from Day.
Issuing the notice in the Public Interest Litigation (PIL), a division bench headed by Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma gave three weeks for the city government’s response.
In the petition, the petitioner social jurist, a civil rights group pointed out the schools—SKV Khajuri, SBV Khajuri, GGSSS Sonia Vihar, GBSSS Sonia Vihar, GGSSS Khajuri, GBSSS Karawal Nagar, and GGSSS Sabhapur, and other schools in Karawal Nagar—are facing issue.
During the hearing, the counsel for the Delhi government presented the issues of land availability and infrastructure for the schools and also pointed out that there were many new joins post the COVID situation.
After the submissions, a bench of Justice Subramaniam Prasad also posted the next hearing for December 7.
The petitioner argued that “the inaction on the part of the respondent government violates the fundamental right to education of the students guaranteed under Articles 14, 21 and 21-A of the Constitution. India Read with the provisions of free and compulsory rights of children education Act, 2009.”
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