SC to hear plea on guidelines for school children's safety
March 27, 2018  10:15
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The Supreme Court will on Tuesday hear a plea seeking its direction for a comprehensive set of guidelines to ensure safety and security of school children.


The plea has been filed by Varun Chandra Thakur, father Pradyuman Thakur a Class II student of Gurugram's Ryan International School, who was brutally murdered in the school premises last year.


The apex court had ordered a compilation of norms formulated by the Centre and states for its consideration.The top court had asked all states and union territories to file a response on a PIL seeking guidelines to ensure safety and security of school children across the country, the deadline of which is today.


So far, three states -- Haryana, Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh -- have filed their responses in the case. -- ANI


Image: Varun Thakur, the father of the boy, Pradhyumn, who was murdered at Ryan International school last year. 
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