Shut coaching centres without fire NOCs operating in Capital, says HC

The Delhi high court on Tuesday directed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to shut down all coaching centres and other commercial activities allowed under mixed land use in the national capital, if they are not found to have fire clearance certificates and are non-compliant with other norms laid down under the city's Master Plan-2021 (MPD2021).

- Richa Banka

Taking a stern view over unauthorised coaching centres mushrooming across the city, a bench of chief justice Satish Chandra Sharma and justice Sanjeev Narula said that even though the Master Plan-2021 permit coaching centres to operate, no such institutions will be allowed to run contrary to provisions of the master plan.

The matter will be further heard on October 10.

The order comes while hearing a bunch of public interest litigations by residents of Mukherjee Nagar, including Kanchan Gupta, residents of Lado Sarai and other places, who have sought closing down of the illegal coaching centres, which are causing health and life hazards to them.

The court was also hearing a plea it had initiated by itself after a June 15 blaze at a coaching centre in north Delhi's Mukherjee Nagar - which resulted in injuries to 61 students.