The Supreme Court said on Monday that it would frame comprehensive guidelines to ensure safety and security of schoolchildren, and ordered compilation of norms formulated by the Centre and states for its consideration.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra was hearing several pleas including the one filed by the father of a seven-year-old boy who was found dead with his throat slit at Ryan International School in Gurugram in September.
The bench, also comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud, asked all stakeholders to give their suggestions for comprehensive compilation and posted the matter for further hearing on December 4.
It asked advocate Suchita Srivastav to study the existing guidelines and consider suggestions of stakeholders, including the Centre,
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), State Governments and other parties concerned, and file a comprehensive report.
Srivastav is one of the counsels for the two women lawyers who have filed a separate petition on the issue of safety of schoolchildren.
“We are going to frame guidelines for the future,” the bench said.
