The Punjab and Haryana High Court disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL)  filed  highlighting the lack of basic amenities, shortage of teachers and special educators at Government School.

The  Public Interest Litigation has been filed by the petitioner (Social Jurist, A Civil Rights Group) , highlighting the lack of basic amenities, shortage of teachers and special educators at Government Primary Smart School, Haibowal, Tehsil Garhshankar, Government Senior Secondary Smart School, Haibowal, Tehsil Garhshankar, Government Primary Smart School, Seemah, Tehsil Garhshankar, Government Primary Smart School, Kalewal, Tehsil Garhshankar and Government Senior Secondary Smart School, Khurali (Khuralgarh Sahib), Tehsil Garhshankar, District Hoshiarpur, Punjab and to construct new state of the art buildings.  

Counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that they have moved a representation, after filing of the petition, before the competent authority .

Avinit Avasthi ,  Assistant Advocate General, Punjab submitted that the representation of the petitioner shall be looked into and the necessary steps, if so required, under law, would be taken up by the competent authority for proper functioning of the schools.

In view of the statement made by the State counsel, the Division Bench of Chief Justice Ravi Shanker Jha and Justice Arun Palli  disposed of the Petition.

New Delhi (ILNS): The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has taken suo motu cognizance of a news report filed by PTC News – this is a Punjabi news channel – about the half-burnt body of a 6-year-old girl who was allegedly raped. The body was found at the house of the two accused in the Jalalpur village of Tanda, which is in the Hoshiarpur district of Punjab.

In the letter to the SSP, the NCPCR asked for an inquiry into the incident followed by a report within the next three days. A true and legible copy of FIR registered in the matter and a copy of the post-mortem report of the deceased was also sought.  

In the gruesome incident, a six-year-old girl was allegedly raped, killed, and later set on fire and her half-burnt body was found at home at Jalalpur village, the police said on Thursday.

The letter revealed that the rape victim was a daughter of migrant labourer who was living in the same village as the two accused.

The two accused – Gurpreet Singh and his grandfather Surjit Singh – have been arrested on charges of murder, rape and other relevant sections of the IPC and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, informed the police.