Holding Delhi Government school responsible for not taking timely care of a Class XI girl student who suffered an eye vision loss as she was hit by a stone while she was taking water in the school on March 01, 2011, a Division Bench headed by the Delhi High Court Chief Justice today directed Delhi Government to pay to the victim student Rs. 3 lacs as compensation besides bearing the expenses of entire medical treatment of the student. Advocate Ashok Agarwal appearing for the victim student argued that it was a clear case of violation of fundamental right guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India and therefore, she was entitled to an adequate amount of compensation. The High Court has also directed Delhi Government to post two lady guards at each girl school run by it to ensure that no untoward incident happens with any girl student during ingress, egress and school hours.
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