India, Feb. 13 -- New Delhi The Supreme Court on Wednesday ended the stipulation that nursery and elementary schools in the country must be of a maximum height of up to two floors in view of the 2016 building bye-laws approved by the Centre permitting construction beyond this height.

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) had approached the top court seeking clarification of the stipulation introduced by the top court in its judgment of April 13, 2009 passed in a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Avinash Mehrotra. The PIL sought safer conditions for children in schools in the backdrop of the 2004 tragic fire at a school in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu that claimed lives of 93 students.

The board pointed out that, with the pas...