The Supreme Court on Monday, August 5, took suo motu cognisance of the deaths of three civil services aspirants in the basement of Rau’s IAS coaching centre in central Delhi’s Old Rajinder Nagar, issuing a notice to the Centre and Delhi government.
“Coaching centres are playing with lives of aspirants who have come from different parts of country,” a bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan said.
The Supreme Court, in its observation, stated the incident was an eye opener and no institute should be allowed to operate unless they comply with safety norms.
“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,” the bench said.
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3 UPSC aspirants’ death
On Friday, the Delhi High Court ordered the transfer of the investigation into the deaths of three students at Rau’s IAS Study Circle in Old Rajinder Nagar from the Delhi Police to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to ensure transparency and public confidence in the probe.
The deceased students were Shreya Yadav (25) from Uttar Pradesh, Tanya Soni (25) from Telangana, and Nevin Delvin (24) from Kerala. They lost their lives after rainwater inundated the basement of the coaching center.
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