“The building will not be able sustain the onslaught of monsoon in Mumbai. The safety and security of students is of importance. We cannot allow the school to go on from the old structure,” a vacation bench of Justices Adarsh Kumar Goel and AM Khanwilkar said.
The Mumbai-based St Thomas High School had approached the Apex Court against Bombay high court’s order which had directed demolition of the building after considering the report of the Municipal Corporation on its structural safety. The High Court had restrained the school from starting the new session from its old building.
The Apex Court also refused to agree that alternate arrangements will be made in a year’s time and said that “in Mumbai during monsoon, drains overflow and the building will not be able to bear the onslaught of this season.”