The Supreme Court on Monday took suo motu cognisance of the deaths of three IAS aspirants due to flooding in the basement of RAU’s IAS Study Circle in Old Rajinder Nagar and issued a notice to the Centre and Delhi Government, to examine if safety norms are being followed.
The Supreme Court said coaching centres have become “death chambers” and are playing with the lives of students. “The incident was an eye-opener for all,” it added.
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan was hearing an appeal by the Coaching Federation of India challenging directions of the Delhi High Court regarding the proliferation of coaching institutes in Mukherjee Nagar.
The bench said it was not sure as to what effective steps regarding safety had been taken by the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi or the Central Government.
