‘Civic schools in deplorable condition; kids sweeping floors’

Delhi | Tuesday | 5th September, 2017

Summary:

What about the toilets,” the Bench asked some officials and a civic body school principal present in the courtroom. Shall we order inspection?” a Bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C.

Hari Shankar said after pictures of the “deplorable condition” at some schools were shown to it. more-inPhotographs of municipal school children sweeping the floor with brooms angered the Delhi High Court here on Monday, which took the civic bodies to task asking them whether teaching took place there at all. The NGO had, through its counsel Khagesh Jha, said the schools stink because garbage is not cleaned regularly. Observing that “the report include photos of schools, manifesting the deplorable conditions there,” the Bench asked the petitioner to give a list of people who can conduct random inspection of schools and listed the matter for September 19..