Notice to MCD on school boy's death

By Our Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI, MARCH 9.

The Delhi High Court today issued notices to the Delhi Government, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and the city police on a public interest litigation seeking prosecution of officials responsible for the death of a Standard VII boy in the collapse of a portion of an under-construction school building of the Corporation in the Rohini area in North Delhi on February 23.

A Division Bench of the Court comprising Mr. Justice Anil Dev Singh and Mr. Justice O.P. Dwivedi asked the three respondents to file their replies to the petition by April 18.

The Social Jurist, the petitioner, urged the court to issue direction for an adequate compensation amount of the deceased.

Mr. Ashok Aggarwal, counsel for the petitioner, a non- governmental organisation, submitted that the Corporation was liable for the death and compensate the victim's family sufficiently.

He also urged the Bench to direct the police to register a case against the `guilty officials' and contractor of the building and the Corporation to conduct an enquiry to fix the responsibility for the happening.

The Bench said that if any enquiry was conducted, its report should be placed before them.

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