Madhya Pradesh High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognizance Of Death Of Children In Open Tube-Wells

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday took suo motu cognizance of the deaths of children in the open tube-wells.

While initiating a case on the issue, the division bench of the Chief Justice Ravi Malimath and Justice Vishal Mishra said the matter pertains to the unfortunate death of children in the open tube-wells throughout the state of Madhya Pradesh.

"Hence, the petition has been registered as a suo motu proceeding based on the various publications made in the daily newspapers,” said the court.

On June 6, a three-year-old girl fell into a 300-feet deep open borewell and got stuck at around 40 feet and further slipped down to a depth of 100 feet due to the vibrations caused by the machines used for her rescue, in the Sehore district of Madhya Pradesh. Two days later, she was pulled out of the borewell in an unconscious state and declared dead.

According to media reports, more than half-a-dozen incidents of children falling into open borewells, and some of them dying, have occurred in MP in one year.

Case Title: In Re (Suo Motu) v. The State of Madhya Pradesh and Ors.

Coram: The Chief Justice Ravi Malimath and Justice Vishal Mishra

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