Abdul Wahabuddin, a resident of Nellai, had filed a petition in the Chennai High Court seeking an injunction restraining classes for 10th, 11th and 12th class students in schools in Tamil Nadu and for conducting classes online only. He noted that in the context of the current tidal wave of the Corona Third Wave, classes are being conducted online only for students in grades 1 to 9 and direct classes for students in grades 10, 11 and 12.
He thus demanded that those students be at risk of being easily infected with the corona infection and in view of this they should ban direct classes in all schools such as CBSE, matriculation, and schools under the state curriculum and order classes to be conducted online only.
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When Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bandari, the Chief Justice in charge of the case, came to hear the case in the Adigesavalu session, the Attorney General R Shanmugasundar appeared and said that the classes for kindergarten classes and direct classes 1 to 9 are not allowed and the students are invited to the school for the first installment of classes 10 to 12. He said the order was not mandatory to conduct and attend.
He said that the Tamil Nadu government has decided that it is the policy of the schools to conduct online classes and that it is up to the students to attend if the classes are conducted live. The judges then advised the Tamil Nadu government to refrain from conducting live classes for students in Classes 10, 11 and 12 and to conduct classes online as the third wave was on the rise. This will ensure the safety of all teachers, students and staff.
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Similarly, they questioned how the government could not order the closure of schools in violation of the policy decision and why the details of how many people were affected and killed were not included in the petition. Prosecutors also warned that fines would be imposed, citing a Supreme Court order not to pursue a public interest litigation. Following the plea of the petitioner Abdul Wahabuddin that the case be withdrawn, the judges dismissed the petition.
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