List Steps Being Taken To Prevent Student Suicides: Chief Justice To Centre

Suicide is the largest public health crisis facing people, both the young and the old, in India, experts said, reported news agency IANS.

Chief Justice DY Chandrachud expressed concern over the rising instances of suicides among students in the country and ordered the Union Health Ministry to file an affidavit on steps being taken to prevent them.

Student suicide is a very serious social issue, the court noted.

Gaurav Bansal, an advocate, had filed a Public Interest Litigation, or PIL, demanding that measures be taken to stop the increasing tendency of suicides among children.