The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on July 24 a plea seeking directions to States and the Centre to provide free sanitary pads to class 6-12 girls and ensure separate female toilet facility in all government-aided and residential schools.
The plea by social worker Jaya Thakur is scheduled to be heard by a bench of Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Manoj Misra.
The top court had earlier asked the Centre to prepare a Standard Operating Procedure and a national model to be adopted by all States and Union Territories for managing menstrual hygiene for girls studying in schools.
