The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) petition seeking inclusion of legal studies as an optional subject in every school. .A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad rejected the plea observing that inclusion of a subject in the curriculum falls within the domain of the executive and courts are not a forum to decide such issues. The Court further remarked that if such prayers are granted, someone will file a petition tomorrow saying they want astrophysics in the curriculum. "Where is the right to demand that this particular stream be made part of the curriculum? Tomorrow some child would come to us and say I was astrophysics as a subject," the Court remarked. .The plea was filed by Virander Kumar Sharma Punj and Shubham Pushp Sharma. Punj was stated to posted as Assistant Commissioner of Police (Vigilance) in the Delhi Police.Advocate Meghverna Sharma appeared for the petitioners and cited a 2013 news report as per which the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) had said that legal studies would be offered as a subject in classes XI and XII on pilot basis in 200 schools.However, the government has not done much in that respect since then, the counsel stated. She further submitted that subjects like Artificial Intelligence (AI) have been made part of the curriculum and the students that the petitioner met want to study law as well. .Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Chetan Sharma stated that the government has initiatives like Know Your Constitution for people who want to engage with the Indian constitution..The bench reiterated that this is the domain of the government and the Court will not pass any order on this.It, therefore, dismissed the plea.
The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) petition seeking inclusion of legal studies as an optional subject in every school. .A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad rejected the plea observing that inclusion of a subject in the curriculum falls within the domain of the executive and courts are not a forum to decide such issues. The Court further remarked that if such prayers are granted, someone will file a petition tomorrow saying they want astrophysics in the curriculum. "Where is the right to demand that this particular stream be made part of the curriculum? Tomorrow some child would come to us and say I was astrophysics as a subject," the Court remarked. .The plea was filed by Virander Kumar Sharma Punj and Shubham Pushp Sharma. Punj was stated to posted as Assistant Commissioner of Police (Vigilance) in the Delhi Police.Advocate Meghverna Sharma appeared for the petitioners and cited a 2013 news report as per which the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) had said that legal studies would be offered as a subject in classes XI and XII on pilot basis in 200 schools.However, the government has not done much in that respect since then, the counsel stated. She further submitted that subjects like Artificial Intelligence (AI) have been made part of the curriculum and the students that the petitioner met want to study law as well. .Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Chetan Sharma stated that the government has initiatives like Know Your Constitution for people who want to engage with the Indian constitution..The bench reiterated that this is the domain of the government and the Court will not pass any order on this.It, therefore, dismissed the plea.
