Supreme Court issues notice in plea for CBI probe into Dalit student suicides at IIT-Delhi

The Supreme Court of India has issued a notice in response to an appeal against a Delhi High Court order that refused to lodge a criminal complaint regarding the suicide deaths of two Dalit students at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi. The parents of the deceased students alleged that their children faced caste-based discrimination by the faculty and staff at IIT Delhi, which contributed to their decision to take their own lives. They claimed that the faculty members were trying to protect the real culprits and that the police were not investigating the matter properly. The petitioners sought the registration of a first information report (FIR) and a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the matter. The Supreme Court’s notice seeks responses from the Central and Delhi governments, the Delhi Police, the CBI, and IIT Delhi. This case highlights the serious issue of caste-based discrimination in educational institutions and the need for thorough investigations into such allegations.