New Delhi, Sept. 15 -- A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Delhi High Court by Social Jurist, a Civil Rights Group, seeking urgent directions to the Delhi Government and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to provide free spectacles to students suffering from poor eyesight in government and municipal schools.

The petition, moved through Advocates Ashok Agarwal and Kumar Utkarsh, alleges that the authorities' inaction is depriving lakhs of children of their fundamental right to education.

According to the PIL, around 15 lakh children in Delhi Government schools and 7 lakh in MCD schools are enrolled, and an estimated 1 lakh of them urgently require spectacles.

The petition cites data collected from voluntary ey...