Lawyers and students living in Kathmandu, hailing from various districts of Madhesh, filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court on Tuesday.
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A writ petition has been filed in the Supreme Court against the incident of destroying mobile phones seized during an examination in Siraha. Lawyers and students from various districts of Madhesh living in Kathmandu filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court on Tuesday.
Advocate Anil Kumar Sah, Abhash Das of Siraha Municipality-8, Mahesh Mahaseth, Raman Kumar Yadav of Siraha-2, Bikash Yadav of Malangwa Municipality-11 of Sarlahi and Anish Yadav of Rohini Rural Municipality-5 of Rupandehi have made four government agencies, including the Ministry of Home Affairs, as respondents in the writ petition.
According to Advocate Sah, the Ministry of Education and Culture of Madhesh Province, the National Examination Board and the District Administration Office, Siraha Chief District Officer have been made respondents in the writ petition. The writ petition states that this act is illegal and violates the provisions related to privacy and property rights.
They are demanding that the government officials involved be taken to court and appropriate compensation be given to the victim students, along with appropriate orders such as injunctions, summonses, etc.
In Siraha, during the SEE and Class 12 examinations, 7 iPhones, 489 Android phones, and 5 smartwatches worth Rs 10 million were seized from various examination centers in the district.
The devices were destroyed by the Examination Coordination Committee led by the Chief District Officer by immersing them in a drum filled with water in the premises of the District Police Office, Siraha.
