The Supreme Court came down heavily on coaching centres and took suo motu cognisance of the recent death of three civil services aspirants in the basement of a coaching centre in Delhi. The apex court issued notices to the union and Delhi governments on corrective measures taken.
Taking a suo motu case, a bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan observed the recent incident was an eye-opener for all. The bench directed that coaching centres should be allowed to operate only if they abide by all government 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," PTI reported quoting the bench.
The bench sought responses from the Centre, the Delhi government and the Delhi Corporation on corrective measures taken, ANI reported.
The Delhi High Court on Friday transferred the probe into the deaths of three IAS aspirants to the Central Bureau of Investigation from Delhi police. The High Court said the case was transferred to ensure there was no doubt among the public about the probe.
Three students died after the basement of an IAS coaching centre in Delhi's Old Rajindra Nagar got flooded on July 27. The bodies of the students were retrieved from the site during the rescue operation. The bodies of two female students were retrieved from the site initially by the NDRF, local police and fire department. A third body was recovered later. Police said the deceased were from Kerala, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh.
The deceased were identified as Shreya Yadav (25), a native of Ambedkar Nagar district of UP, Tanya Soni (25), whose permanent address is in Telangana and Nivin Dalwin (24), a resident of Kerala's Ernakulam.