The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Centre and all states, asking them to file a reply within three weeks on the issue of the safety of school children. The apex court was hearing a plea filed by two women lawyers seeking implementation of existing guidelines to ensure safety and well-being of children in schools across the country.
A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices Amitava Roy and A M Khanwilkar had said on 12 September that it has already issued notice on a similar plea filed by the father of the child, who was brutally murdered at Gurgaon's Ryan International School.
"We will tag it (writ petition) with the earlier one," the bench said and fixed the PIL, filed by two practising apex court lawyers Abha Sharma and Sangeeta Bharti, for hearing on Friday.
The lawyers, in their petition has sought implementation of various existing guidelines on safety of school-going children.
They have also suggested some additional guidelines to ensure that the responsibility is fastened on the schools with regard to safety of children from the moment they board the school bus/vehicle.
(With inputs from PTI)
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