"If School Not Safe, No Point Of Right To Education": High Court On Thane Rape | Read

The Bombay High Court made strong observations Thursday as it took suo moto cognisance of a plea regarding the sexual assault of two children last week at a school in Badlapur in Maharashtra. "If schools are not a safe place... then what is the point of talking about 'right to education'?" it asked.

The court also reprimanded the police and state on several counts, including failing to file a case - in a disturbing reminder of how Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital delayed filing a case in the rape and murder of a doctor this month - against the school despite complaints from the girls.