Archive · 29 Jul 2025
Supreme Court Issues Student Mental Health Guidelines
The Supreme Court has made new rules to help students with their mental health.
They said that mental health is important, like a basic right.
Schools and colleges now need to have a plan to help students feel better.
They also have to hire counselors and teach staff about mental health.
Deepika Padukone is helping spread awareness about this important issue.
Deepika Padukone shared Supreme Court guidelines for student mental health.
The Supreme Court emphasized mental health as a right under Article 21.
Institutions must draft a mental health policy based on Ummeed, Manodarpan, and the National Suicide Prevention Strategy.
The court approved a CBI probe into the death of a NEET student.
Institutions with 100+ students must hire mental health professionals; smaller ones should connect with external experts.
- Who
- Supreme Court, Deepika Padukone, students, educational institutions.
- What
- Supreme Court issued guidelines on student mental health and a CBI probe has been approved related to a NEET student's death.
- When
- July 26, 2024 for the Supreme Court's directives.
- Where
- India, in schools and colleges.
- Why
- To protect student mental health and ensure institutions address related issues.
Implementation
Effectiveness of the guidelines
Effectiveness of the rules
Implementation
Implementation and execution of guidelines to be ensured
Effectiveness of the guidelines
Concerns about how effectively they will be implemented at the ground level
- Court
- Supreme Court
- Subject
- Student Mental Health
- Article
- Article 21
- Action
- Guidelines, CBI probe approval
- Involvement
- Deepika Padukone's endorsement of guidelines
Sources
SC Worried Over Rise In Student Suicides At IIT Kharagpur, Sharda University
Udaipur BDS student suicide: J&K Students Association writes to Rajasthan CM, seeks judicial probe
BDS student suicide case: NCW seeks report from Sharda University, urges UP top cop to conduct timely probe
Discussions with parents to go on every alternate month, says Director of IIT Kharagpur - Telegraph India
Apex court raps IIT on campus deaths: SC questions lack of promptness in reporting to cops
