A bench led by Acting Chief Justice Manmohan took into account a "scathing" report presented by lawyer Ashok Agarwal, who visited these schools and found various issues such as broken desks, classroom shortages, and a lack of books and writing material.
The bench remarked that the authorities are not supposed to just make publications in the newspapers but also work on the ground level to address the shortcomings.
The secretary education, who was physically present in the court and had earlier visited the schools to examine their condition, confirmed the findings in the report and assured that steps would be taken to drastically improve the situation in a time-bound manner.
"You should have known all this.
Why do I have to call you? You should be going on ground level on your own.
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