Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Sept 6: High Court today sought instructions from the Government for physical classes to the students of North Kashmir’s Uri as there is no internet facility in the area.
The division bench of Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Sanjay Dhar issued notice to Chief Secretary which was accepted and waived by the Government counsel on behalf of him. Court directed him to seek instruction and file a counter affidavit in this regard within a month as to what the Government is proposing for the physical classes in the Government Schools in Uri area of district Baramulla.
The petitioner Naveed Bakhtiyar through his advocate Syed Musaib seeks a direction from the court that internet services for the students of Tehsil Uri and access to telecommunication services be made available.
Advocate Musaib submitted before the court that schools in compliance of the Government orders are ensuring the availability of online study material and most importantly classes have been also conducted through the online medium.
He, however, submitted that the major hitch to this novel situation is lack of internet availability, which is not only dejecting the parents of the area from availing such facility but is also encouraging schools and colleges to maintain a lull on the happenings.
“That the utter lack of internet connectivity in the region has affected the basic human rights of the people of Uri, such as right to education, right to information, right to health, etc, as provided under the Constitution of India and various international covenants”, Advocate Musaib projected before the court.
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