Coaching Centre deaths: Delhi HC grants interim bail to four basement co-owners

Delhi High Court grants interim bail to co-owners of coaching center where three aspirants drowned, subject to conditions.

The Delhi High Court on Friday (September 13, 2024) granted interim bail till January 30 to four co-owners of the basement of an Old Rajinder Nagar coaching centre where three civil services aspirants drowned in July 2024.

Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma, while pronouncing the verdict on the bail pleas of the four accused, said the relief is subject to the co-owners depositing ₹5 crore with the Red Cross.

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The Judge said the conduct of the co-owners is "unpardonable" and an "act of greed". In the order, a request has been made to the Lieutenant Governor to constitute a committee under a retired high court judge to ensure no coaching centre is permitted to run without permission.

“The authorities should also carve out a place for coaching centres in the capital,” Justice Sharma added.

Three civil service aspirants — Shreya Yadav (25) from Uttar Pradesh, Tanya Soni (25) from Telangana, and Nevin Delvin (24) from Kerala — died after the basement of the building housing Rau's IAS Study Circle was flooded following heavy rains in central Delhi's Old Rajinder Nagar on July 27.

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