New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday took suo motu cognizance of the deaths at a Delhi coaching centre and issued notices to both the Central and Delhi governments over the incident.
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan slammed the coaching centres after three students were killed in the basement of a UPSC coaching centre in Old Rajinder Nagar in the national capital.
The Supreme Court also said that no institution should be permitted to operate unless they follow safety regulations. “The incident was an eye opener, no institute should be allowed to operate unless they comply with safety norms,” it said.
“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. No institute should be allowed to operate unless they comply with safety norms,” the bench said.
The Supreme Court’s remarks came after the deaths of three UPSC aspirants on July 27 in the basement of Rau IAS Study Circle due to waterlogging.
The deceased were later identified as Shreya Yadav (25) from Uttar Pradesh, Tanya Soni (25) from Telangana, and Nevin Delvin (24) from Kerala.
On Friday, the Delhi High Court transferred the investigation in the case from the Delhi Police to the CBI “to ensure public confidence in the investigation.”