PIL filed in Delhi HC seeking inclusion of RTE Act as mandatory subject in law colleges

PIL has been moved before the Delhi High Court seeking a direction to BCI to consider introducing RTE Act, 2009 as a compulsory subject for students of all law colleges and universities. The PIL has been filed against BCI, Delhi University, Jamia Millia Islamia and Guru Gobind Singh IP University. Read here for more details.

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) is filed in Delhi High Court against BCI, Delhi University, Jamia Millia Islamia and Guru Gobind Singh IP University to consider introducing the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (RTE Act, 2009) as a compulsory subject for students of all law colleges and universities.

The NGO Social jurist has filed the PIL through advocates Ashok Agarwal and Kumar Utkarsh.

As per the report of The Print, the division bench headed by the chief justice is likely to hear the PIL today.

The PIL stated that Act, 2009 is a key child’s right for the education and development of all children in society. Unfortunately, RTE Act, 2009 has not been implemented in its true letter and spirit.

Children’s population is around 40-45 per cent of the total population. The justiciability of the right to education places a great responsibility on lawyers – for lawyers alone can take violations to Court, the PIL stated.

Therefore, a great responsibility for legal education is to educate and equip lawyers first to investigate situations in which the right to education is liable to be violated, to recognize violations, and finally, to seek justice through legal tools for the child’s right to education, the petition added.

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