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Allahabad High Court Slams Government Over Poor Education After 5th-Grade Girl Gives Birth
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News18•12-10-2026, 21:57
Allahabad High Court Slams Government Over Poor Education After 5th-Grade Girl Gives Birth
- •An Allahabad High Court division bench expressed deep concern over the falling standards of basic school education in Uttar Pradesh.
- •The case came to light during a habeas corpus petition filed by Rakesh Yadav alias Pappu regarding a young mother who studied up to the 5th grade but could not read or write Hindi.
- •The court emphasized that the state government has the constitutional and moral responsibility to provide meaningful education to children until adulthood.
- •Highlighting poverty and ignorance, the court suggested the Law Commission review POCSO Act provisions regarding mutual relationships between adolescents and minors.
- •The court also recommended granting special judges wider discretion and alternative punishments like community service in cases involving a lack of awareness.
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The court expressed strong anger during a habeas corpus hearing after discovering that a young woman who had studied up to the 5th grade could neither read a Hindi newspaper nor write anything other than her own name, and had already become a mother.
The matter originated from a petition filed by Rakesh Yadav alias Pappu, who demanded the court production of the girl with whom he had left home in 2025, and with whom he shares a child.
The court suggested that the Law Commission review provisions of the POCSO Act applying to adolescent relationships, and recommended granting special judges wider discretion and alternative punishments like community service in cases involving a lack of awareness.
