The court took suo moto cognizance of 181 postcards written by the students of government and MCD (Municipal Corporation of Delhi) schools in Madanpur Khadar to the acting chief justice of the high court raising issues ranging from corporal punishment to infrastructure and quality of teaching.

A division bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Rajeev Sahai Endlaw asked the Delhi government and MCD to file their reply within four weeks and posted the matter for Nov 7.