New Delhi: Taking note of 14 students dying by suicide in Kota, Rajasthan, the Supreme Court on Friday (May 23) called the situation serious and grilled the state of Rajasthan about steps taken by it to deal with surge in suicides by students in the coaching-hub city.

A bench comprising Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice R Mahadevan was hearing two matters related to suicides by two students – a 22-year-old student studying in IIT, Kharagpur committing suicide and a NEET girl aspirant dying by suicide in her room in Kota.

“What are you doing as a state? Why are these children dying by suicide and only in Kota? Have you not given a thought as a state?” Justice Pardiwala asked the Rajasthan government’s........

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