Delhi HC reserves order on PIL seeking implementation of DSE Bill

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday reserved its order in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) by NGO Social Jurist seeking directions to expedite the finalisation of the Delhi School Education (Amendment) Bill, 2015, which proposes to prohibit the screening process for admissions to nursery or pre-primary levels of schools.
A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad said: “Orders reserved, We will pass appropriate orders.” The case’s lawyer Ashok Agarwal referred to Section 24 of the Government of NCT of Delhi Act, 1991, and argued that seven years delay in finalising the pro-child bill is totally unjustified.
On May 2, the court had refused to direct the Delhi government to pass or implement the bill.
The bench had also asked Aggarwal to seek instructions on the matter.
Santosh Kumar Tripathi, the Standing Counsel for the Delhi government, had objected right away claiming that Aggarwal had protested the Bill when it was first introduced in 2015 and was now calling for its implementation.