Delhi High Court Seeks Government, MCD Response On Plea For Street Children’s Education

The Delhi High Court directed the Delhi government and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to respond to a petition seeking educational facilities for street and destitute children, stressing that authorities “cannot play dumb” to their constitutional obligations.

The Division Bench observed that both governments are duty-bound to ensure free and compulsory education for all children under constitutional and statutory mandates. Highlighting the right to education as a fundamental right, irrespective of socioeconomic background, the Court asked for concrete action plans to identify and enrol out-of-school children.

The Court also impleaded the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) as a party and sought its response.

[Justice For All v Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors.]