NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday took suo moto cognisance of the deaths of three civil service aspirants due to flooding of a coaching centre basement in Delhi’s Old Rajinder Nagar last month. The bench, comprising Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan, issued notices to the Centre and Delhi government and sought responses from them.
“Coaching centres playing with lives of aspirants who have come from different parts of country.Incident was an eye opener, no institute should be allowed to operate unless they comply with safety norms,” said the apex court.
Supreme Court also asked Centre, Delhi government and MCD to file responses to show cause as to what safety norms prescribed so far.
The bench expressed grave concern over the safety and well-being of students at coaching centers.
“These places (coaching centres) have become death chambers. Coaching institutes can operate online unless there is full compliance of the safety norms and basic norms for a dignified life. Coaching centres are playing with the lives of aspirants who come from different parts of the country,” said SC.
Earlier, the Delhi high court transferred the investigation from the Delhi Police to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) “to ensure the public has no doubt over the investigation”. The three deceased students were identified as Shreya Yadav (25) from Uttar Pradesh, Tanya Soni (25) from Bihar, and Nevin Delvin (24) from Kerala.
“Coaching centres playing with lives of aspirants who have come from different parts of country.Incident was an eye opener, no institute should be allowed to operate unless they comply with safety norms,” said the apex court.
Supreme Court also asked Centre, Delhi government and MCD to file responses to show cause as to what safety norms prescribed so far.
The bench expressed grave concern over the safety and well-being of students at coaching centers.
“These places (coaching centres) have become death chambers. Coaching institutes can operate online unless there is full compliance of the safety norms and basic norms for a dignified life. Coaching centres are playing with the lives of aspirants who come from different parts of the country,” said SC.
Earlier, the Delhi high court transferred the investigation from the Delhi Police to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) “to ensure the public has no doubt over the investigation”. The three deceased students were identified as Shreya Yadav (25) from Uttar Pradesh, Tanya Soni (25) from Bihar, and Nevin Delvin (24) from Kerala.
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