Madras HC Warns Private Schools Of Contempt If They Insist Upon Collection Of Entire Fees For Upcoming Academic Year [Read Order]
4 years, 7 months ago

Madras HC Warns Private Schools Of Contempt If They Insist Upon Collection Of Entire Fees For Upcoming Academic Year [Read Order]

Live Law  

Taking "serious note" of violation of its order dated July 17, 2020 pertaining to collection of tution fee by unaided private institutions, the Madras High Court warned the erring institutions of initiation of contempt proceeding against them. "If this Court finds that there is any violation, this Court will not hesitate to initiate Contempt Proceedings against the persons incharge of the School," remarked the bench of Justice N. Anand Venkatesh while seeking strict implementation of its previous order permitting schools to collect only 40% tuition fees as 'advance fees' for the upcoming Academic Year. Unaided Institutions To Collect 40% 'Advance Fees' Pending Resumption Of Physical Classes "The unaided private institutions shall collect 40% of the tuition fees as an advance fees based on the tuition fees collected during the academic year 2019-2020. However, in a plea filed by the TN Nursery Primary Matriculation Higher Secondary Schools Association, seeking relaxation of this order, the bench was informed that Educational Institutions were insisting on payment of the entire fees and the parents were hesitant to give a written complaint, fearing consequences.

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Madras HC upholds attendance requirement, denies exam plea
1 month ago

Madras HC upholds attendance requirement, denies exam plea

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has refused to order a private educational institution to allow an undergraduate student with low attendance rate to attend examinations, stating such a relief would amount to mocking other students who regularly attended classes. The student, who was studying BCom at the SRM Institute of Science and Technology, moved the HC praying for a direction …

MP HC Grants Interim Relief To Private Schools Ordered To Refund Allegedly Excessive Fees Levied In Violation Of 2017 Fee Regulation Rules
7 months ago

MP HC Grants Interim Relief To Private Schools Ordered To Refund Allegedly Excessive Fees Levied In Violation Of 2017 Fee Regulation Rules

Live Law  

In a recent decision, the Madhya Pradesh High Court at Jabalpur granted an interim stay on orders mandating the refund of school fees collected by private institutions from the academic year 2017-18 onwards. The case involves an appeal by St. Aloysius Senior Secondary School which challenged the orders of the district authorities directing them to refund fees collected in excess …

Schools Play Vital Role In Education, Must Ensure Examinee's Documentation Is Completed Within Time: Delhi HC Provides Relief To Class 10, 12 Students
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Schools Play Vital Role In Education, Must Ensure Examinee's Documentation Is Completed Within Time: Delhi HC Provides Relief To Class 10, 12 Students

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court recently directed the Central Board of Secondary Education to open its online portal to accommodate 45 class 10th and 12th students studying in a Delhi school to appear in their improvement and compartmental exams. Observing that the petitioner school had been “very negligent” in the present case, a single judge bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma …

Transfer Certificate of child not a tool for schools to collect pending fees: Madras HC
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Transfer Certificate of child not a tool for schools to collect pending fees: Madras HC

Hindustan Times  

Transfer Certificate of a child was not a tool for schools to collect pending fees but a personal document issued in the name of the former, and no entries regarding fees arrears should be made in them, the Madras High Court held on Friday. The HC directed the Tamil Nadu government to issue circular/instructions/orders to all the schools across the …

T.N. schools should not insist upon transfer certificates from previous institutions to admit students: Madras High Court
8 months ago

T.N. schools should not insist upon transfer certificates from previous institutions to admit students: Madras High Court

The Hindu  

In a significant order on Friday, the Madras High Court directed the Tamil Nadu government to issue a circular to all school managements across the State instructing them not to insist upon producing Transfer Certificates from the institutions where students had studied earlier, for the purpose of admissions. “In the event of any violation of the order, actions are to …

Delhi HC restores names of students removed from private school over fee hike dispute, details here
8 months, 1 week ago

Delhi HC restores names of students removed from private school over fee hike dispute, details here

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi High Court has restored on the rolls of a private school the names of certain students that were struck off after the parents refused to pay the hiked fees. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, in an order passed on July 9, asked the parents to deposit 50 per cent of the hiked school fee for the ongoing academic year. …

Playing With Children's Future: High Court Imposes ₹1 Lakh Cost On Bengaluru's Brigade School For Delayed Compliance Of Its Order
1 year, 2 months ago

Playing With Children's Future: High Court Imposes ₹1 Lakh Cost On Bengaluru's Brigade School For Delayed Compliance Of Its Order

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Friday saddled the Brigade School in Bengaluru's Malleshwaram area with Rs 1 lakh cost for failure to comply with its interim order requiring it to permit petitioner's daughter to attend classes. The counsel for the respondent however filed a compliance affidavit stating that the school had passed a resolution for allowing the child in question …

Parents Seek Government Help Against Private Schools Forcible Fee Collection
1 year, 4 months ago

Parents Seek Government Help Against Private Schools Forcible Fee Collection

Deccan Chronicle  

Tirupati: Parents Association of Andhra Pradesh has raised concerns over alleged forced collection of fees by certain educational institutions, despite the government's deadline for the fee submission under Jagananna Vidya Deevena being November 24. In letters addressed to the state education minister and Andhra Pradesh High Education Regulatory and Monitoring Commission chairman, PAAP has called upon the government to intervene …

Madras High Court Suspends Sentence Of IAS Officer, Others In Contempt Case
1 year, 7 months ago

Madras High Court Suspends Sentence Of IAS Officer, Others In Contempt Case

Live Law  

The Madras High Court has suspended the order of imprisonment against IAS officer Pradeep Yadav and two others in the contempt case for failure to implement court orders while he was holding the post of the Principal Secretary to the School Education Department.The division bench of Justice SS Sundar and Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy of the Madurai bench suspended the sentence …

School Fee Disputes ‘virtually Resolved’, Cal HC Disposes of Petitions
2 years, 4 months ago

School Fee Disputes ‘virtually Resolved’, Cal HC Disposes of Petitions

News 18  

The Calcutta High Court on Friday disposed of a bunch of petitions involving parents of students and 145 schools with regard to fees for online classes during the Covid-19 pandemic, as the disputes have been virtually resolved or narrowed down to a great extent. For any dispute which is still there in this regard, a division bench comprising justices I …

SC quashes AP’s GO on seven-fold increase of tuition fee in private medical colleges
2 years, 4 months ago

SC quashes AP’s GO on seven-fold increase of tuition fee in private medical colleges

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: The Supreme Court has quashed an order issued by the Andhra Pradesh government enhancing the tuition fee of private medical colleges by seven times to Rs 24 lakh per annum. The tuition fee shall always be affordable.” The court said that issuing a GO enhancing tuition fee based on representations made by private medical colleges was wholly impermissible and …

Education Not Commercial Activity, Collection Of Capitation Fee For Admission Illegal, No Tax Exemption: Madras High Court
2 years, 4 months ago

Education Not Commercial Activity, Collection Of Capitation Fee For Admission Illegal, No Tax Exemption: Madras High Court

Live Law  

The Madras High Court on Monday deprecated the practice of receiving capitation fee in exchange of admissions. The bench of Justice R Mahadevan and Justice Mohammed Shaffiq held that such practice of receiving capitation fee is against the Tamil Nadu Educational Institutions Act, 1992. Creation of Web Portals The court lamented that though there were State laws and precedents making …

TN varsity challenges UGC order saying no to admission
2 years, 10 months ago

TN varsity challenges UGC order saying no to admission

Hindustan Times  

The Annamalai University in Tamil Nadu has moved the Madras High Court challenging an order of the University grants Commission, which restrained it from carrying out admissions. TN varsity challenges UGC order saying no to admission The writ petition from the Chidambaram-based institution in the state sought to quash a public notice dated March 25 and 30 this year of …

Calcutta High Court Orders Schools To Not Deny Promotion Or Withhold Report Cards Of Students For Non-Payment Of Fees
2 years, 11 months ago

Calcutta High Court Orders Schools To Not Deny Promotion Or Withhold Report Cards Of Students For Non-Payment Of Fees

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday ordered that private unaided schools whose names had come up with regard to allegations of arbitrary fee hike during the pandemic could not deny promotion to any student or withhold report cards for non-payment of fees.The Court further directed two joint special officers designated by the Court to look into any complaint of arbitrary …

Reconsider Ban On Fee Hike In Private Schools: Allahabad High Court Asks Uttar Pradesh Govt
3 years ago

Reconsider Ban On Fee Hike In Private Schools: Allahabad High Court Asks Uttar Pradesh Govt

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court has asked the Uttar Pradesh Government to reconsider the ban imposed by it on fee hike in private schools. The Bench of Justice Attau Rahman Masoodi and Justice Narendra Kumar Johari ordered thus on a plea moved by Association Of Private Schools Of UP.Essentially, the ban was imposed by the State Govt on Jan 7, 2022 …

Schools Allowed To Charge Full Fees For Physical Classes From Feb 16; No Coercive Action For Default In Payment Until March 31: Calcutta HC
3 years, 1 month ago

Schools Allowed To Charge Full Fees For Physical Classes From Feb 16; No Coercive Action For Default In Payment Until March 31: Calcutta HC

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court on Friday held that considering the abatement in the Covid-19 pandemic and the reopening of schools across the State, its earlier direction stipulating 20 percent reduction in fees charged by private schools would cease to exist from February 16, 2022 onwards with regards to physical classes. The Court observed that schools and other educational institutions shall …

UPSA decries UP govt's order banning fee hike
3 years, 2 months ago

UPSA decries UP govt's order banning fee hike

Hindustan Times  

The Unaided Private Schools Association, in a press release, claimed that many private schools in Uttar Pradesh have expressed displeasure over the state government decision preventing them from increasing fees to give relief to the parents in the prevailing pandemic situation. The Uttar Pradesh government this January banned schools from increasing fees across all the boards for the upcoming academic …

Private Medical Colleges Collecting Annual Fees In Advance Before Completion Of Current Academic Year 'Profiteering' : Kerala High Court
3 years, 2 months ago

Private Medical Colleges Collecting Annual Fees In Advance Before Completion Of Current Academic Year 'Profiteering' : Kerala High Court

Live Law  

While restraining private medical colleges in the State from collecting fees for any academic year other than the one currently being taught, the Kerala High Court has held that collecting annual fees from students for the next year in advance when the previous year's studies have not been completed by an institution would amount to "profiteering".A Division Bench of Justice …

Karnataka High Court Stays GO Directing Educational Institutions To Collect 85% Tuition Fees As Against The Annual School Fee
3 years, 3 months ago

Karnataka High Court Stays GO Directing Educational Institutions To Collect 85% Tuition Fees As Against The Annual School Fee

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has by way of interim relief stayed the operation of the government order dated November 11, by which educational institutions were directed to collect 85 percent tuition fees as against the Annual School Fee for year 2020-21 and to adjust excess fees if collected towards academic year 2021-22. In view of the impugned order dated 11.11.2021 …

'Students Should Not Suffer': Calcutta High Court Bars Rustication Of Students, Withholding Of Admit Cards, Results For Non-Payment Of Fees
3 years, 3 months ago

'Students Should Not Suffer': Calcutta High Court Bars Rustication Of Students, Withholding Of Admit Cards, Results For Non-Payment Of Fees

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court on Friday underscored that despite the pending litigation regarding non-payment of school fees for the academic year 2020-2021, the concerned students should not suffer and that online classes should be continued to be provided to them. The Court also ruled that no student should be expelled on the ground of non-payment of fees and that admit …

Stop 'Fraudulent' Practice Of Recovering Late Fee Imposed On Colleges By Universities From Students: Allahabad HC Directs UP Govt
3 years, 5 months ago

Stop 'Fraudulent' Practice Of Recovering Late Fee Imposed On Colleges By Universities From Students: Allahabad HC Directs UP Govt

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court recently directed the Uttar Pradesh Government to take appropriate steps to stop the fraudulent practice being adopted by the colleges of recovering, late fees, penalties imposed upon them by the universities, from their students.The Bench of Justice Vivek Chaudhary pointed towards the fraud being played by a large number of colleges by recovering late fees and. …

Students Have To Pay Full School Fess By October 25, Rustication Or Bar On Taking Exams Not Allowed For Non-Payment: Calcutta High Court
3 years, 5 months ago

Students Have To Pay Full School Fess By October 25, Rustication Or Bar On Taking Exams Not Allowed For Non-Payment: Calcutta High Court

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court on Friday restrained school authorities from preventing any student from taking any board or annual or mid-term examination as well as carrying out rustication of students due to non-payment of school fees. The Court on Friday directed, "For the time being the school authorities will not prevent any student from sitting in any board or annual …

Karnataka HC Directs 15 % Waiver On School Fees For 2020-21
3 years, 6 months ago

Karnataka HC Directs 15 % Waiver On School Fees For 2020-21

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has modified the Government order dated 29.01.2021, inter alia restraining the educational institutions from collecting fees for the academic year 2020-2021 in excess of 70% of the tuition fees. A single bench of Justice R Devdas, directed that, "The petitioner-Institution shall collect annual school fees from their students as fixed under the Act of 1995 for …

MP HC Order On Charging Tuition Fee By Pvt CBSE Schools: SC Directs DSE To Publish Data On Compliance By Schools Within 2 Weeks
3 years, 6 months ago

MP HC Order On Charging Tuition Fee By Pvt CBSE Schools: SC Directs DSE To Publish Data On Compliance By Schools Within 2 Weeks

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Thursday disposed of a SLP that challenged an order of the Madhya Pradesh High Court wherein directions were given to private unaided CBSE schools to charge only tuition fees from its students during the COVID-19 pandemic.A Division Bench comprising of Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice Sanjeev Khanna went on to note that the concerned District Level …

Supreme Court Rejects Plea To Direct State Boards To Refund Exam Fee For Cancelled Class 10, 12 Exams
3 years, 7 months ago

Supreme Court Rejects Plea To Direct State Boards To Refund Exam Fee For Cancelled Class 10, 12 Exams

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has refused to direct state boards to refund the exam fee collected from students in respect of the Class 10, 12 exams which were cancelled on account of COVID-19.A bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari rejected the prayer saying that the issue does not "merit consideration".The bench approved the stand taken by state boards about …

HC directs private schools to issue TCs on demand without any condition
3 years, 7 months ago

HC directs private schools to issue TCs on demand without any condition

India TV News  

The Madras High Court has directed the management of private schools to issue transfer certificates to the students who opt for the same without insisting on payment of the fees due, within a week on receipt of applications. "If there are any disputes between the student/parent and the school concerned, which also includes dispute with regard to payment of fees, …

Calcutta High Court orders guardians of defaulting students to pay 50% school fees within three weeks
3 years, 7 months ago

Calcutta High Court orders guardians of defaulting students to pay 50% school fees within three weeks

India Today  

The Calcutta High Court on Friday directed parents of school students to pay 50% of the unpaid fees, as many had earlier cited difficulties in payment of fees due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown. Unpaid fees run into several crores “We are sad and annoyed to know that although the economic situation is much better now than …

Madras High Court Seeks State Govt's Response On Plea Challenging 7.5 Percent Reservation Of Seats In Medical Colleges For Government School Students
3 years, 7 months ago

Madras High Court Seeks State Govt's Response On Plea Challenging 7.5 Percent Reservation Of Seats In Medical Colleges For Government School Students

Live Law  

The Madras High Court on Monday sought the State government's response in a batch of petitions challenging the constitutionality of the Tamil Nadu Admission to Undergraduate Courses in Medicine, Dentistry, Indian Medicine and Homeopathy on preferential basis to students of Government Schools Act, 2020. The impugned legislation grants a horizontal reservation of 7.5 per cent seats in medical colleges for …

Private School Fees : Delhi High Court Hears Delhi Govt's Challenge To Single Bench Order Quashing Restrictions On Fee Collection
3 years, 8 months ago

Private School Fees : Delhi High Court Hears Delhi Govt's Challenge To Single Bench Order Quashing Restrictions On Fee Collection

Live Law  

The Delhi Government on Wednesday submitted before the Delhi High Court that the single judge had gone into a completely forbidden territory while allowing private schools from collecting Annual Charges and Development Fees from students in lockdown.The Court was hearing the appeals filed by Delhi Government and students challenging the single judge bench decision which quashed two orders. The Delhi …

Settle fee issue amicably with parents: Bombay High Court to private schools
3 years, 8 months ago

Settle fee issue amicably with parents: Bombay High Court to private schools

India Today  

Bombay High Court in a hearing today asked private schools of Maharashtra to mitigate the school fees issue amicably instead of turning it into a legal issue. The division bench of Bombay High Court was hearing Public Interest Litigation seeking direction to the schools to collect only 50 per cent of the annual fees. However, since the schools failed to …

School Authorities Permitted To Expel Students For Non-Payment Of Fess In Absence Of Good Cause Shown: Calcutta High Court
3 years, 8 months ago

School Authorities Permitted To Expel Students For Non-Payment Of Fess In Absence Of Good Cause Shown: Calcutta High Court

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court on Friday said that it will decide on permitting school authorities to expel students for non-payment of fees in the absence of good cause shown for default. A Bench comprising Justice I. P. Mukerji and Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya observed, "We make it clear that if on the returnable date we find that such default is continuing, …

COVID-19: Allahabad High Court Seeks Response From UP Government, Education Boards On Regulation Of School Fees
3 years, 8 months ago

COVID-19: Allahabad High Court Seeks Response From UP Government, Education Boards On Regulation Of School Fees

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court has sought response from the UP Government, CBSE, ICSE, UP Board and a battery of private schools on a PIL seeking regulation of school fees across all private educational institutions in the State, until resumption of physical classes. The instant plea has been filed by members of the Parents Association in Moradabad, alleging that the parents …

Karnataka Govt Proposes To Constitute High Powered Committee To Examine School Fees
3 years, 8 months ago

Karnataka Govt Proposes To Constitute High Powered Committee To Examine School Fees

Live Law  

The State Government has sought permission from the Karnataka High Court to constitute a High Powered Committee which would amongst other things go into the matter of fixation of fee and other incidental matters for the academic year 2021-22. It adds "The State Government without prejudice to the rights of the parties in the above Writ Petition, pending adjudication, has …

Delhi HC refuses to stay order allowing pvt schools to charge annual, development fees
3 years, 9 months ago

Delhi HC refuses to stay order allowing pvt schools to charge annual, development fees

India TV News  

The Delhi High Court Monday refused to stay its single-judge order allowing private unaided schools to collect annual and development charges from students for the period after the lockdown ended in the national capital last year. A vacation bench of Justices Rekha Palli and Amit Bansal issued notice and sought response of the Action Committee Unaided Recognised Private Schools, which …

Calcutta HC: Private Schools Can’t Stop Online Classes Of Students For Pending Fees
3 years, 9 months ago

Calcutta HC: Private Schools Can’t Stop Online Classes Of Students For Pending Fees

News 18  

The Calcutta High Court on Friday directed all private schools in West Bengal to not charge more than 80% fee in the year 2021-2022. The High Court also said all students must be allowed to attend online classes till July 31 even if their dues are pending. All the private schools are conducting online classes as the educational institutions in …

Delhi govt,students move to HC against order allowing pvt schools fee collection
3 years, 9 months ago

Delhi govt,students move to HC against order allowing pvt schools fee collection

Hindustan Times  

Several appeals, including one by the AAP government, have been moved in the Delhi High Court against its single judge's decision allowing private unaided recognised schools to collect annual and development charges from students for the period after the lockdown ended in the national capital last year. The petitions moved on behalf of the students studying in the private unaided …

Parents upset with Delhi HC quashing DoE order on annual fee collection
3 years, 9 months ago

Parents upset with Delhi HC quashing DoE order on annual fee collection

Hindustan Times  

Parents in the national capital are upset over Delhi High Court's order quashing the directive by Delhi government prohibiting schools from collecting annual charges and development fees. Parents upset with Delhi HC quashing DoE order on annual fee collection According to the Delhi Parents Association, the order will give free hand to private schools and parents will be left at …

Supreme Court Directs 36,000 Private Schools of Rajasthan To Charge 15% Less Fees
3 years, 10 months ago

Supreme Court Directs 36,000 Private Schools of Rajasthan To Charge 15% Less Fees

News 18  

The Supreme Court on Monday directed 36,000 private unaided schools of Rajasthan to charge 15 per cent less annual fees from students in academic session 2020-21 and made clear that no students be barred from attending virtual or physical classes and their results be not held up due to non-payment of fees. A bench comprising justices A M Khanwilkar and …

Parents Being Harassed Via SMS To Pay School Fees, Even For Lockdown Duration: Plea Alleges Before Allahabad High Court
3 years, 11 months ago

Parents Being Harassed Via SMS To Pay School Fees, Even For Lockdown Duration: Plea Alleges Before Allahabad High Court

Live Law  

Whereas the Uttar Pradesh Government is yet to respond to a query put by Allahabad High Court regarding regulation of school fees during suspension of physical classes, yet another PIL has been filed challenging exorbitant and arbitrary levy of fees by private schools in the State. The plea has been filed by members of the Parents Association in Moradabad, alleging …

Maharashtra GR against fee hike not being applicable for schools who decided fees before May 2020
4 years ago

Maharashtra GR against fee hike not being applicable for schools who decided fees before May 2020

India Today  

The Bombay High Court has said that the Maharashtra government's resolution of ordering schools to not increase the fees for the academic year 2020-2021, in view of the pandemic, was only prospective in nature and cannot apply to schools that have already fixed their fee for the Academic Year 2020-2021. The division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Dutta and G …

Allahabad High Court Asks UP Government About Criteria For Regulation of School Fees Amid Pandemic
4 years, 2 months ago

Allahabad High Court Asks UP Government About Criteria For Regulation of School Fees Amid Pandemic

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court has sought the response of the UP Government on the issue of regulation of fees charged by private schools, until resumption of physical classes. A Bench comprising of Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery has asked the Government about the criteria it shall adopt for regulation of fees under the UP Self-financed Independent …

'Unfortunate' : Kerala High Court Pulls Up CBSE For Expressing Inability To Check Overcharging Of School Fees
4 years, 3 months ago

'Unfortunate' : Kerala High Court Pulls Up CBSE For Expressing Inability To Check Overcharging Of School Fees

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday pulled up the Central Board of Secondary Education for "washing their hands off" on the issues pertaining to collection of excessive fees by affiliated schools amid the pandemic. The Government Pleader has been asked to obtain instructions from the competent Authority as to: how it shall ensure that Schools do not charge fees, more …

Petition in Delhi HC Seeks Action Against Private Schools Overcharging Fees Amid Covid-19 Pandemic
4 years, 3 months ago

Petition in Delhi HC Seeks Action Against Private Schools Overcharging Fees Amid Covid-19 Pandemic

News 18  

A PIL has been moved in the Delhi High Court seeking directions to the AAP government to take action against the private schools in the national capital which have been allegedly overcharging fees and denying online classes to students during the prevailing pandemic. The Trust, represented by advocate Ashok Kumar Singh, has claimed that according to news reports several schools …

Madras High Court Permits Private Educational Institutions To Collect Balance 35% Tuition Fee For Current Academic Year
4 years, 4 months ago

Madras High Court Permits Private Educational Institutions To Collect Balance 35% Tuition Fee For Current Academic Year

Live Law  

Taking note of the scant possibility of reopening of schools for physical classes during this academic year, the Madras High Court on Wednesday permitted private educational institutions to collect 35% of the balance tuition fee for the academic year 2019-2020. In July, the High Court had allowed all unaided private institutions in the state of Tamil Nadu to collect 40% …

150 private schools approach Supreme Court against Calcutta HC order barring fee hike during lockdown
4 years, 4 months ago

150 private schools approach Supreme Court against Calcutta HC order barring fee hike during lockdown

India Today  

On Monday, 150 private schools approached Supreme Court against the Calcutta HC order barring any fee hike during the Covid-19 lockdown. Calcutta High Court order against fee hike In mid-October, the Calcutta High Court ordered private schools in the state to reduce fees by a minimum of 20 percent across the board. While accepting the autonomy of private unaided schools …

Andhra orders 30% fee cut in private schools, intermediate colleges
4 years, 4 months ago

Andhra orders 30% fee cut in private schools, intermediate colleges

India TV News  

With an aim to provide relief to people hit financially by the coronavirus pandemic, the Andhra Pradesh government has announced a 30 percent reduction in fees charged in private unaided schools and intermediate colleges. "After careful examination of the matter and on Andhra Pradesh School Education Regulatory Monitoring Commission recommendations, the state has decided to effect 30 percent reduction in …

12 private schools in Bengal to move SC against 20 percent fee reduction order
4 years, 5 months ago

12 private schools in Bengal to move SC against 20 percent fee reduction order

India Today  

12 private schools run by the Church of North India have decided to move Supreme Court against the precious order of the Calcutta High Court, which has asked 145 private schools to reduce the fees by a minimum of 20 percent this year across the board. According to PTI reports, the 12 schools have already reduced their fee amount by …

Reduce fees by 20%, cannot hike fees this year: Calcutta HC tells private schools
4 years, 5 months ago

Reduce fees by 20%, cannot hike fees this year: Calcutta HC tells private schools

India Today  

In a huge relief for parents, the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered private schools in the state to reduce fees by a minimum of 20 percent across the board. While accepting the autonomy of private unaided schools to determine individual fee structures, as long as there was no element of “profit-making”, the Court ruled that there will be no …

Punjab & Haryana HC Restrains Schools From Levying Transport Charges During Online Classes; Building Maintenance Fee Capped To 50% [Read Order]
4 years, 5 months ago

Punjab & Haryana HC Restrains Schools From Levying Transport Charges During Online Classes; Building Maintenance Fee Capped To 50% [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has restrained schools situated in areas within its jurisdiction from charging transport fees from students. "In view of the fact that the students are not going to school, the transport fee may not be charged," the Bench of Justices Rajan Gupta and Karamjit Singh ordered. In the said case, the Single Judge had held …

Over 90 Students Of School Of Excellence In Law Move Madras HC Against Levy Of Utility Fee Amid Suspension Of Physical Classes
4 years, 5 months ago

Over 90 Students Of School Of Excellence In Law Move Madras HC Against Levy Of Utility Fee Amid Suspension Of Physical Classes

Live Law  

Over 90 students of the School of Excellence in Law, affiliated to the Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, have moved the Madras High Court, challenging levy of fees for certain unutilized facilities when academic learning has been restricted to online classrooms, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The plea challenges two Circulars issued by the Law School: on August 29— …

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