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2023 Supreme(Del) 4448

SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA, SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD
Virander Kumar Sharma Punj – Appellant
Versus
Government of NCT of Delhi – Respondent


Advocates appeared:
Mr. Meghverna Sharma, Advocate, for the Petitioner.
Mr. Santosh Kumar Tripathi, Standing Counsel with Mr. Arun Panwar, Ms. Aakriti Mishra, Mr. Pradyumn Rao and Ms. Mahak Rankawat, Advocates, for the Respondent/GNCTD.
Mr. Traveen Singh Nanda, Advocate, for the Respondent/UOI.
Ms. Manisha Singh, Respondent No.2.
Mr. Arjun Mahajan, Standing Counsel with Mr. Apoorv Upmanya, Advocate, for the Respondent No.5/MCD.
Mr. Chetan Sharma, ASG with Ms. Monika Arora, CGSC, Mr. Amit Gupta, Mr. Yash Tyagi, Ms. Saurabh Tripathi and Mr. Subhrodeep Saha, Advocate for Respondent/UOI.

JUDGMENT

Satish Chandra Sharma, C.J. (Oral)--The Petitioner before this Court has filed the present Writ Petition as a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) stating that they are much involved in the rights pertaining to education of the children of this country and the present Writ Petition has been filed for the benefit of crores of students studying or desirous of studying in schools of Directorate of Education Delhi, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangthan, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, Municipal Corporation in Delhi and other bodies.

2. The Petitioner has further stated that after further research on this topic, he came across an article published in the Times of India dated 09 April 2013 that Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has decided to introduce legal studies as a subject in classes XI-XII, as a pilot project in 200 schools in India and abroad. After inquiring about the said publication by filing RTI to the respondent no. 2/CBSE in August, 2022 about the said article the petitioner was informed that no records of 2013 files have been found in the Academic Unit. In August 2022 the petitioner tried to inquire about the CBSE letter whether legal studies is a subject of study in schoo

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