India, Sept. 20 -- The Bombay High Court on Friday was irked by how a Government Resolution (GR) mandating norms for the safety of school-going children has been neglected by the state. A division bench of justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Sandesh Patil were hearing a suo motu (of one's own interest) Public Interest Litigation the court had initiated after the 2024 Badlapur sexual assault of two young girls.

In August 2024, a 23-year-old cleaner, Akshay Shinde, was accused of assaulting two four-year-old girls. After one of the girls complained to her parents, the matter was taken to the school principal, the school trust, and eventually the police, sparking an outcry in the state due to the lack of safety measures for children, and the wa...