Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | 21-A CONSTITUTION OF /NOIA 51-A(K 1950: Articles 21 |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Case Type | Writ Petition |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Others |
Headnote | CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, 1950:Articles 21, 21-A, 51-A(K) - Right to receive education free from fear of security and safety - Held: Is the fundamental right of each and every child - Right to ;. education incorporates the provision of safe schools - Articles 21 and 21-A require that children are provided education in safe schools - State Governments and Union Territories directed to ensure that schools adhere to basic safety standards and school buildings are safe and secured according to the safety norms prescribed by the National Building Code - Affidavits of compliance to be filed by authorities concerned - Public Interest Litigation - National Building Code of India, 2005 - Part IV - Fire and Life Safety in Educational Institutions. In a thatched-roof school building, which housed 900 students, a fire broke out in which 93 children were burnt alive and several others got injured. The said building had a single entrance and exit, a narrow stairway and windowless classrooms. The instant writ petition was filed under Public Interest Litigation in order to protect school children against similar future tragedies and to improve the conditions of the schools in the country. The Court issued notices to the Union of India, State Governments and the Union Territories. Twenty seven States and Union Territories filed affidavits admitting that many schools did not meet even the self-determined safety standards which itself were far below in standards of the National Building Code of India, 2005. |
Judge | Hon'ble Mr. Justice Dalveer Bhandari |
Neutral Citation | 2009 INSC 489 |
Petitioner | Avinash Mehrotra |
Respondent | Union Of India & Ors. |
SCR | [2009] 5 S.C.R. 913 |
Judgement Date | 2009-04-13 |
Case Number | 483 |
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