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DELHI HIGH COURT
GITA MITTAL, C.HARI SHANKAR
Court on Its Own Motion – Appellant
Versus
Govt. of NCT of Delhi – Respondent
JUDGMENT
1. Suo motu cognizance was taken by this court on the basis of a news report in the Hindustan Times dated 22nd December, 2015 regarding the death of an 11 year old boy, who had gone on a school picnic, after falling into an uncovered rain water harvesting pit at the Millennium Park in Southeast Delhi.
2. The report titled as "Boy on school picnic falls in water harvesting pit, dies" reads as follows:
NEW DELHI: An 11 year old boy who had gone for a school picnic, died after falling inside a water harvesting pit that was left precariously open at Millennium Park in Southeast Delhi's Sarai Kale Khan area on Monday morning.
The pit, reportedly maintained by the Public Works Department, had a damaged lid and when the boy stepped on it, the lid crumbled and the boy fell inside it.
Labansh, a student of Class 8 raised an alarm and many passersby including his school friends and teachers accompanying him for the picnic, tried to rescue him but failed. The passerby then called the fire department and the police "The fire tender reached the spot and rescued the boy. He was then rushed to the hospital where he was admitted for treatment. A few minutes later the boy died. He had
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