Delhi High Court to Address Plea on Coaching Center Tragedy

The Delhi High Court will hear a plea on Wednesday, seeking to form a high-level committee to investigate the drowning incident involving three civil service aspirants at a coaching center. The plea was filed on Monday and mentioned for urgent hearing before Acting Chief Justice Manmohan.

The Delhi High Court has agreed to hear a plea on Wednesday, seeking to form a high-level committee to investigate the tragic incident where three civil service aspirants drowned in the basement of a coaching center in Old Rajinder Nagar.

The plea was urgently mentioned on Tuesday before Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela, who stated that the matter would be listed on Wednesday if the petition is in order by the afternoon.

According to the petitioner advocate, the petition was filed on Monday, and the urgency was highlighted for the court to consider hearing the plea during the day. The court instructed the petitioner to remove any objections, after which the hearing would be scheduled for Wednesday. The incident claimed the lives of Shreya Yadav, Tanya Soni, and Nevin Dalwin, who were all aspirants for the IAS and died following rain-induced flooding in the basement of Rau's IAS Study Circle on July 27.

Additionally, the petition seeks to form a committee to investigate and report on coaching institutes operating illegally or not adhering to standard norms.