The Delhi High Court today took strong note of withdrawal of a 13-year-old girl child from a school here by her mother and said it is like a "criminal offence".
Besides warning the mother of strict action, a bench of Justice Manmohan asked the Delhi government to ensure that the girl is admitted in a south Delhi school by September 22 after getting her examined by the doctors.
The court's direction came on the plea of woman's ex-husband.
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He had alleged that their child had been deliberately withdrawn from the school by his former wife.
"It's a criminal offence to withdraw a child from school. You committed an unpardonable act. I am not taking strict action. But if you withdraw the child again, I will take strict criminal action. I will be monitoring this matter," the court said.
The court also noted that though the girl was 13 years old, she had only studied till Class 2 and was physically very weak.
The court, meanwhile, left it to the discretion of the school principal to admit the girl in an appropriate class and asked them to monitor her progress and "to give her extra facilities so that she can adjust in the class".
The father of the girl child told the court that his ex-wife withdrew their child from the Green Field School and did not send her to any other school.
The father said he had admitted their child in DPS Sushant Lok, Gurgaon, but his ex-wife took their daughter with her, while leaving their home after divorce.
The girl was later admitted to the Green Field School but his ex-wife withdrew her from the school and made her sit at home and not go to any other school.
