The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a plea of two women lawyers seeking framing of “non-negotiable” child safety conditions and implementation of existing guidelines to protect schoolchildren from offences like sexual abuse and murder.
The plea — which also sought cancellation of licences and forfeiture of State grants to erring schools — will be heard by the court along with the petition filed by the father of the seven-year-old boy who was killed in Gurugram's Ryan International School.
A Bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices Amitava Roy and A.M Khanwilkar on Tuesday considered the PIL, filed by lawyers Abha R. Sharma and Sangeeta Bharti, and said that it has already issued notice on the similar plea of the child’s father.
High-level meet
Union Ministers Maneka Gandhi and Prakash Javadekar will hold a high-level meeting on Wednesday to develop a protocol for educational institutions to ensure safety of students , a government official said. Officials of the ministries of women and child development and human resource development as well as representative of NCPCR, CBSE and NCERT will be a part of this meeting.