A Bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan said that such coaching institutes are operating in violation of building norms and regulations and have become death chambers.
“We are issuing suo motu notice to NCT of Delhi and Union of India to come out with guidelines of the safety norms that have been taken. These places have become death chambers. You are taking away the lives of young ones coming from different parts of the country and their lives are being taken away,” the Court orally remarked.
Such institutes must be made to operate via online classes until there is full compliance with the safety norms under the Master Plan of Delhi, 2021 read with Unified Building Bye Laws of Delhi, 2016, the Court suggested.
“All coaching institutes and centres of Delhi are required to comply with the fire and safety norms under the Master Plan of Delhi, 2021 read with Unified Building Bye Laws of Delhi, 2016. Coaching institutes can operate online unless there is full compliance of the safety norms and basic norms for dignified life of young ones studying there. Such norms must include proper ventilation, safety passages, air and light,” the Court said.
Hence, it proceeded to issue notice to the Central government and the Delhi government to come out with details on what safety norms have been prescribed so far and how they have ensured compliance with the same.
“We are not sure as to what effective has been taken so far by NCT of Delhi or Union of India. The recent unfortunate incidents taking away lives of some of the young ones who joined coaching centres for their career pursuits are eye openers for one and all. We therefore deem it appropriate to expand the scope of these proceedings as suo Motu to issue notice to Union of India (through Ministry of Urban Affairs) and NCT of Delhi to show cause as to what safety norms have been prescribed so far and if so what is the effective mechanism introduced for their compliance,” the Court said in its order.
Source: Barandbench
