Archive · 8 Sep 2026
Amicus Urges Delhi Audit of Student Housing After Collapse
Seven people died when a building collapsed in Satya Niketan.
Satya Niketan is near Delhi University South Campus.
Many students live there in paying guest homes and private hostels.
There are also messes, eateries and other businesses in the area.
A lawyer helping the Supreme Court asked for all such housing in Delhi to be checked for safety.
He wants the checks to happen within a set time.
The Supreme Court already has a committee inspecting some areas.
However, that committee was not checking Satya Niketan.
The proposed wider audit would include student housing near colleges and universities across Delhi.
Senior Advocate Ajit Kumar Sinha urged the Supreme Court to order a time-bound safety audit of student housing across Delhi.
The proposed audit would cover PG accommodations, private hostels and other student housing near colleges and universities.
The recommendation came days after seven people were killed in the Satya Niketan building collapse.
Sinha said an existing inspection committee covers Lajpat Nagar, Saket and Malviya Nagar, but not Satya Niketan.
The report described Satya Niketan near Delhi University South Campus as a major student-housing hub with hostels, PGs, messes and eateries.
- Who
- Senior Advocate Ajit Kumar Sinha, the Supreme Court-appointed amicus curiae, made the recommendation to the Supreme Court.
- What
- He urged the court to order a time-bound safety audit of PG accommodations, private hostels and other student housing across Delhi.
- When
- The recommendation was made on Tuesday, days after the Satya Niketan building collapse that killed seven people.
- Where
- The proposal concerns student housing across Delhi, including areas near colleges and universities; Satya Niketan is near Delhi University South Campus.
- Why
- The report said student housing and related commercial establishments are concentrated around educational institutions, while Satya Niketan was outside the existing inspection committee's scope.
- Deaths in collapse
- Seven people were killed in the Satya Niketan building collapse.
- Recommendation
- A time-bound safety audit of PG accommodations, private hostels and other student housing across Delhi.
- Recommending official
- Senior Advocate Ajit Kumar Sinha, the Supreme Court-appointed amicus curiae.
- Existing inspection areas
- Lajpat Nagar, Saket and Malviya Nagar.
- Area excluded from inspection
- Satya Niketan did not fall within the existing committee's inspection scope.
- Local concentration
- Satya Niketan has PG accommodations, hostels, messes, eateries and other commercial establishments.