'Shocking': Bombay HC Takes Suo Motu Cognisance Of Dangerous Boat & Forest Journey For Young Girls Of Maharashtra Village To Reach School

The Bombay High Court has taken suo motu cognisance of a "shocking" news report about the pitiable conditions in which young girls from a village in Satara District in Maharashtra are forced to take the arduous journey to school, in a boat and then through a dense forest. "..the laudable moto 'beti bachao, beti padhao' can be achieved only by providing a safe passage and a...