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Apex court wants forces to vacate educational institutions

Apex court wants forces to vacate educational institutions

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Centre to ensure that all schools and hostels of educational institutions occupied by the Army and paramilitary forces are vacated within two months.

An order to this effect was passed by a bench comprising justices B. Sudarshan Reddy and S.S. Nijjar during the hearing of the issue relating to the trafficking of 76 children from Manipur and Assam to Tamil Nadu.

While there was a specific direction to the ministry of home affairs to ensure that the schools and hostels be freed from the occupation of the Army and paramilitary forces, the bench asked the ministry to find out the list of schools occupied by the forces in two states.

Further, the bench asked the ministry of development of north eastern region (Doner) to hold meetings with seven northeastern states on various aspects of development.

The directions were passed on the recommendations of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) which was asked by the court to inquire into the trafficking of children from Manipur and Assam to Tamil Nadu on the pretext of providing them better education.

The bench also asked Manipur, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka to respond to the recommendation of the NCPCR to shut down unregistered charitable houses running schools and hostels.

It asked Manipur and Assam to file an affidavit in response to the suggestions given by NCPCR.

The court also accepted the plea of the NCPCR seeking authority to review the matter with the state government. The bench posted the matter after two months.

The names of the 76 children were furnished by the Tamil Nadu government. They have been repatriated to their homes in the two northeastern states.

The court had asked the NCPCR to inquire into the matter on 31 March while hearing an application based on a media report about recovery of 76 such children.

The Tamil Nadu government had earlier stated that the probe by the Kanyakumari superintendent of police established that the 76 children from Manipur and Assam were brought to Tamil Nadu by one Rev Paul from the northeastern region on promise of providing them better education.

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Published: 01 Sep 2010, 05:27 PM IST
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