Madurai Bench of Madras HC slams government for poor school sanitation facilities
8 years, 4 months ago

Madurai Bench of Madras HC slams government for poor school sanitation facilities

Deccan Chronicle  

Madurai: Even after the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa had launched a novel free sanitary napkin scheme for adolescent girls in government schools for the first time in the country, it was not implemented properly in the schools, the court observed. This was brought to the light by the advocate commission appointed by the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court to assess the availability of toilet and sanitation facilities in the government schools in Madurai, Dindigul and Thanjavur recently following a PIL filed by social activist C.Anantha Raj highlighting the lack of toilets in government schools. When the government advocate general R Muthukumarswamy told the court that the vending machines might be defunct in some schools due to technical snags, Justice Nagamuthu countered him saying they were not functioning properly in all the schools inspected by the commission and the schools also don’t have masonry choolas or incinerators for disposing of the napkins, the Judge said. When the court questioned the lack of toilet facilities in government schools, Muthukumarswamy said that they needed to construct only 74,678 urinals and 17,960 water closets in schools.

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Plea to provide toilets, water and lighting facilities to residents
3 hours, 3 minutes ago

Plea to provide toilets, water and lighting facilities to residents

The Hindu  

A public interest litigation petition was filed in the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court seeking a direction to authorities to restructure toilets and provide water and lighting facilities to the residents of Mallapuram in Gujiliamparai in Dindigul district. However, the complex was not maintained properly and due to lack of water facility it became unusable, she said. Due …

SC asks Centre to frame ‘uniform national policy’ to provide sanitary pads for girls in schools in India
1 year, 11 months ago

SC asks Centre to frame ‘uniform national policy’ to provide sanitary pads for girls in schools in India

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on April 10 said a “uniform national policy” may be framed by the Centre in consultation with States and Union Territories to ensure menstrual hygiene by providing sanitary pads, vending and disposal mechanisms and exclusive washrooms for girl students in schools. “It is appropriate if the Union of India deals with the States and Union Territories to …

Bombay High Court Concerned Over Unclean Toilets In State-Run Schools, Asks DLSAs To Conduct Surprise Inspection
2 years, 8 months ago

Bombay High Court Concerned Over Unclean Toilets In State-Run Schools, Asks DLSAs To Conduct Surprise Inspection

Live Law  

Unhappy with the Maharashtra Government's response on unhygienic conditions in toilets for young girls in state-government aided schools, the Bombay High Court on Monday said it will direct officers from the district legal service authorities to conduct surprise visits in these schools. Petitioner Nikita Gore's PIL seeks for sanitary napkins to be recognised as an essential commodity, free of taxes …

Bombay HC Slams Maha Govt Over Unclean School Toilets
2 years, 8 months ago

Bombay HC Slams Maha Govt Over Unclean School Toilets

News 18  

Does the executive think that the judiciary is a “little kid” who can be calmed down with a lollipop, the Bombay High Court exclaimed while pulling up the Maharashtra government for its failure to provide clean toilets in government schools. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice M S Karnik observed that the state government had not …

Karnataka High Court Summons Health Commissioner Over Non-Implementation Of SUCHI Scheme For Supply Of Sanitary Napkins To School Girls
3 years, 7 months ago

Karnataka High Court Summons Health Commissioner Over Non-Implementation Of SUCHI Scheme For Supply Of Sanitary Napkins To School Girls

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday directed the Commissioner of Health and Family wWelfare services to personally remain present before the court on August 5 and place on record the progress that has been made in the implementation of SUCHI scheme. You had said even if schools are closed the adolescent girls who don't come to school will be distributed …

Karnataka High Court Seeks Specific Details From State Govt On New Class Rooms Built Or Repaired
4 years, 1 month ago

Karnataka High Court Seeks Specific Details From State Govt On New Class Rooms Built Or Repaired

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday directed the state government to furnish a list giving addresses and other details of the schools wherein new classrooms, new toilets will be built and repairs of existing classrooms found in dilapidated conditions will be undertaken.A division bench of Justice B V Nagarathna and Justice M G Uma during the hearing of the petition …

Madras HC Directs Madurai Corporation To Ensure That Sanitary Workers Use Protective Gears While Working [Read Order]
4 years, 9 months ago

Madras HC Directs Madurai Corporation To Ensure That Sanitary Workers Use Protective Gears While Working [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has directed the Madurai Corporation to take prompt action against the Sanitary workers who are found working in the public domain without observing proper safety mechanism, including wearing of masks and gloves. The bench comprising of Justices PN Prakash and B Pugalendhi said, "We direct that the Sanitary Supervisors should also ensure …

Tamil Nadu government must be sensitive to needs of special children
7 years, 6 months ago

Tamil Nadu government must be sensitive to needs of special children

Deccan Chronicle  

Madurai: Observing that the Government must be sensitive to the needs of special children, Justices K K Sasidharan and G R Swaminathan of the Madras High court Madurai bench directed state commissioner for the Differently Abled, Chennai, to take immediate action for filling up the posts of warden and other employees at the Government High School for the Deaf, Sulakkarai, …

Toilets in schools should be clean with proper facilities: SC
10 years, 1 month ago

Toilets in schools should be clean with proper facilities: SC

India TV News  

New Delhi: Toilets in all schools should not be a mere "structure" but they should be clean and have proper facilities, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday. Toilets meant for schools, which are co-educational and the girls schools, have to have such toilets which are clean and acceptable, having proper facilities," a bench of justices Dipak Misra and Prafulla C …

How to ensure Indian girls go to school? Install a proper lavatory
12 years, 5 months ago

How to ensure Indian girls go to school? Install a proper lavatory

The Independent  

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