Guwahati, May 25 -- By NE NOW NEWS

Guwahati: Supreme Court of India on Monday stressed that girls should not be forced to discontinue education due to the lack of sanitary napkins or functional toilets in schools and directed the Centre to ensure effective implementation of its earlier orders on menstrual hygiene facilities.

A Bench comprising Justices J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan said girls should not have to remain at home or engage in domestic work because basic menstrual hygiene facilities are unavailable in schools.

"Make good use of it. It is for the good of women and girls of this country. Girls should not give up education and sit at home and do some domestic work only for this reason," the Bench observed while hearing the m...