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Coaching centre deaths: Supreme Court takes suo motu cognisance, issues notice to Centre, Delhi govt
Supreme Court on Delhi coaching centre deaths: The Top court took suo motu cognizance, issued a notice to the Centre and Delhi government.
Supreme Court on Delhi coaching centre deaths: The Supreme Court on Monday, August 5, took suo motu cognisance of the deaths of three civil services aspirants in the basement of Rau's IAS coaching centre in central Delhi's Old Rajinder Nagar, issuing a notice to the Centre and Delhi government.
“Coaching centres are playing with lives of aspirants who have come from different parts of country,” a bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan said.
The Supreme Court, in its observation, stated the incident was an eye opener and no institute should be allowed to operate unless they comply with safety norms.
"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," the bench said.
3 UPSC aspirants' death
On Friday, the Delhi high court transferred the probe into the deaths of the three students at Rau's IAS Study Circle in Old Rajinder Nagar from the Delhi Police to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) “to ensure the public has no doubt over the investigation”.
The three who died were Shreya Yadav (25) of Uttar Pradesh, Tanya Soni (25) from Telangana and Nevin Delvin (24) from Kerala. They died after rainwater gushed inside of the basement of the coaching centre.
Coaching centre deaths: Students take out candle march
Protesting Students on Sunday lit candles in the memory of the three civil service aspirants. Students enrolled in various coaching institutes have been protesting since the incident, demanding improved safety measures at coaching centres that pose a threat to their lives.
A number of students on Sunday took out a candle march and sat in front of the coaching centre building to remember their friends who lost their lives.
The protestors demanded an immediate release of the draft of the Delhi Coaching Educational Centre and Regulation Act so that they could read and rectify the bill.
On August 2, Delhi education minister Atishi said the AAP government and MCD would give ₹10 lakh each to the families of students who died in the Rajendra Nagar incident. “A library will be built in the memory of the three students, AAP MP Sanjay Singh will donate ₹1 crore each Delhi government will make rules to regulate coaching institutes,” she added.
