Kerala High Court Seeks Police Commissioner’s Assistance To Curb Drug Abuse Among Students In Ernakulam
The Kerala Excessive Courtroom on Thursday (July 3) handed an interim order requesting the Commissioner of Police, Ernakulam to look earlier than it and help in curbing the menace of substance abuse amongst college students of faculties and schools within the metropolis.
The Particular Bench of Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice C. Jayachandran requested the Commissioner to look earlier than it both just about or bodily to share the plan of motion to curb drug abuse in Ernakulam, and inform whether or not any detailed research has been carried out.
The Particular Bench was listening to a writ petition filed by a mom of two faculty kids elevating the problem of accelerating drug abuse amongst faculty and faculty college students. The petitioner sought instructions to the respondent authorities, together with the Excise Commissioner and the Chief Secretary, to take the mandatory steps on this regard.
The Courtroom had earlier directed the Chief Secretary to supply statistical knowledge masking no less than the final 5 to 10 years concerning the variety of circumstances reported, tendencies proven by the information, the areas the place circumstances are on the rise, the age teams affected, and different related elements, is on the market with the State. This, the Courtroom felt, was essential to allow the State to take needed motion.
Discovering that the affidavit filed by the Deputy Secretary, House Division contained solely the variety of circumstances registered and no tendencies, the Courtroom sought the help of the Police Commissioner.
It was additionally famous by the Courtroom that the statistics present that the best variety of circumstances within the State have been registered in Ernakulam.
The case is subsequent posted on 23rd July.
Case Title: Sumi Joseph v. The Chief Secretary
Case No: W.P.(C) No. 23505 of 2023
Counsel for the petitioner: G. Hariharan
Counsels for the respondents: N. Manoj Kumar – State Legal professional, P.C. Sasidharan – Standing Counsel, Kerala Public Service Fee and P.G. Pramod – Authorities Pleader.
