High Court asks govt to decide on easing schoolbag burden

The High Court on Friday left it to the government to take a decision on easing the burden of school children saddled under heavy bags. “We leave it to the wise decision of the government to address the issue before February 2018,” a division bench of Justice Ramalingam Sudhakar and Justice M K Hanjura said. With this direction, the bench closed a contempt petition seeking action against the concerned officers for not implementing the court orders to lighten the school-going children of the bag burden. Before issuing its orders, the…

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