HC seeks Delhi govt stand on plea alleging state-run schools not imparting full-time education
NEW DELHI: On Thursday, the Delhi High Court requested the city government’s position on a complaint that claimed several state-run schools in the northeastern portion of the city were not providing “full-time” education.
A notice regarding a public interest lawsuit brought by the NGO Social Jurist was sent to the Delhi government by a bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad.
The NGO claimed that these circumstances breached the fundamental right to education that is protected by the Constitution and the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act.
Santosh Kumar Tripathi, a lawyer for the Delhi government, claimed that following COVID-19, “everyone has rushed to government schools” and that the government is aware of the infrastructural problems and other problems in the area due to its “increased population.”
“The infrastructure and land availability in certain places are known to the government. Everyone has rushed to government schools after Covid, “added he.
