IIT Delhi Case: Supreme Court Sets Up Task Force To Check Student Suicides On Campuses

(MENAFN- Live Mint) The Supreme Court on Monday set up a task force to protect students on campuses. The move follows rising suicides in educational institutions.

Former judge Justice S Ravindra has been appointed to lead the task force.

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The SC's decision of setting up a task force comes in response to the deaths of two IIT-Delhi students from the Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities who died by suicide in 2023.

The apex court highlighted the growing concerns over the increasing number of suicides among students, mostly from the marginalised communities, across all institutions in India.

What the task force will do

The Supreme Court has directed the task force to submit a report within four months, identifying the reasons behind student suicides and suggesting ways to prevent them.

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The task force will also include officials from the higher education, social justice, women and child development, and legal affairs departments, stated reports.

'Not isolated incidents...'

Justices JB Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan, who presided over the bench, expressed serious concern about recent incidents of student suicides in college hostels. They highlighted that these deaths were not isolated cases but part of a troubling trend.

“We deem it necessary to discuss the pattern of students' suicide... What disturbs us even more is that... [they] are not isolated incidents...,” said the justices, reported Law Trend.

IIT Delhi student death case

The Supreme Court has also directed the Delhi Police to conduct a thorough investigation into the deaths of two IIT-Delhi students from the Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities who died by suicide in 2023.

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