'Salaries For Teaching & Non-Teaching Staff Have To Be Paid' : Kerala HC Dismisses PIL Against Collection Of School Fees During Lockdown [Read Judgment]
4 years, 6 months ago

'Salaries For Teaching & Non-Teaching Staff Have To Be Paid' : Kerala HC Dismisses PIL Against Collection Of School Fees During Lockdown [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday dismissed a PIL against collection of school fee during lockdown period.Two students of Sree Buddha Central School, Sreelekshmi S. and Dhanvin M. Pillai, had approached the High Court seeking to direct the Government to issue directions to the Schools conducting online/virtual classes using modern video conferencing techniques to ensure that no student is. The Kerala High Court on Tuesday dismissed a PIL against collection of school fee during lockdown period. Two students of Sree Buddha Central School, Sreelekshmi S. and Dhanvin M. Pillai, had approached the High Court seeking to direct the Government to issue directions to the Schools conducting online/virtual classes using modern video conferencing techniques to ensure that no student is denied the same on the reason on failure to pay fee. The Delhi High Court had also rejected the plea seeking a direction to the Directorate of Education asking it to prohibit schools from charging even the tuition fee during lockdown period.

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Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: December 30, 2024 - January 05, 2025
3 days, 20 hours ago

Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: December 30, 2024 - January 05, 2025

Live Law  

Nominal Index The Kerala State -Ex-Services League State Committee, Thiruvananthapuram v. Commissioner of Central Excise Customs and Service Tax, Trivandrum, 2024 LiveLaw 827 S. Safeer v. Cochin Port Trust, 2024 LiveLaw 828 Alan Benny v Bar Council of Kerala and Another, 2025 LiveLaw 1 Mrs. Suma Sunilkumar v. The State Medical Officer, 2025 LiveLaw 2 Judgments/ Orders This Week Charitable …

Justice league: Telangana HC issues notices on PIL over exorbitant school fees
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Justice league: Telangana HC issues notices on PIL over exorbitant school fees

New Indian Express  

Notices to Centre, state on exorbitant school fees PIL A bench of the Telangana High Court has sought the response of the state and Central officials on a PIL against private unaided schools charging exorbitant fees. Hearing the PIL filed by Hyderabad resident Keethineedi Akhil Sri Guru Teja, the bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice J Sreenivas Rao …

[Kerala Education Rules] Service Against Two Different Vacancies Not 'Continuous' To Be Reckoned For Vacation Salary: High Court
2 years ago

[Kerala Education Rules] Service Against Two Different Vacancies Not 'Continuous' To Be Reckoned For Vacation Salary: High Court

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday held that for the purposes of claiming vacation salary, the teacher should have a continuous service of eight months in the vacancy which extends over summer vacation, as per Rule 49 of Chapter XIV-A of the Kerala Education Rules.The Court arrived at this finding while answering the pointed query as to whether service under …

Review Every Year Reimbursement of Fees Under RTE to Private Schools: HC
2 years, 4 months ago

Review Every Year Reimbursement of Fees Under RTE to Private Schools: HC

News 18  

In a major relief to the private schools, the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday directed the state government to review every year the reimbursement of fees to be payable to them for imparting free education to children under the Right to Education Act. It provided that the private schools imparting free education would be entitled to such reimbursement “‘as is …

Kerala High Court Temporarily Bars Self-Financing Colleges From Taking Action Against BPL Students For Non Payment Of Fee
2 years, 5 months ago

Kerala High Court Temporarily Bars Self-Financing Colleges From Taking Action Against BPL Students For Non Payment Of Fee

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Monday temporarily refrained self-financing colleges from taking any form of detrimental action against students belonging to the Below Poverty Line category merely for not paying the college fee. The students in the BPL category were recently stripped of the scholarship scheme that was previously available to them.Justice Devan Ramachandran further clarified. The Court was adjudicating …

How Will You Protect BPL Students In Self-Financing Colleges Now That Scholarship Has Been Withdrawn? Kerala High Court Asks State
2 years, 5 months ago

How Will You Protect BPL Students In Self-Financing Colleges Now That Scholarship Has Been Withdrawn? Kerala High Court Asks State

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court last week directed the State government to clarify how a student belonging to the Below Poverty Line category can be asked to pay tuition fees at a self-financing college, even if it was a subsidised rate. Justice Devan Ramachandran also asked the State to respond to how such students can be protected now that they have …

"Lack Of Money Is Not An Answer": High Court Pulls Up Delhi Government Over Failure To Pay Salaries To Teachers
2 years, 8 months ago

"Lack Of Money Is Not An Answer": High Court Pulls Up Delhi Government Over Failure To Pay Salaries To Teachers

Live Law  

Pulling up the Delhi Government over its failure to pay salaries to the teachers, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday orally remarked that lack of money is not an answer for such non payment.Justice Subramonium Prasad was dealing with a bunch of contempt petitions filed by various teachers involving the issue of non payment of salaries to them in accordance …

Private Medical Colleges Collecting Annual Fees In Advance Before Completion Of Current Academic Year 'Profiteering' : Kerala High Court
2 years, 11 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 …

High Courts Weekly Roundup [August 30, 2021 To September 4, 2021]
3 years, 4 months ago

High Courts Weekly Roundup [August 30, 2021 To September 4, 2021]

Live Law  

Allahabad High Court "Nothing Convincing Argued On Behalf Of State": Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To Man Booked Under UP 'Love Jihad' Law The High Court granted bail to a man booked under UP Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Ordinance, popularly known as the 'Love Jihad' law of Uttar Pradesh, noting that nothing convincing had been argued on behalf of …

Free Education May Be Availed At Govt School; Can't Force State To Pay Private School Fees Of Children Orphaned Due To Covid: Delhi High Court
3 years, 4 months ago

Free Education May Be Availed At Govt School; Can't Force State To Pay Private School Fees Of Children Orphaned Due To Covid: Delhi High Court

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court today expressed reservation over compelling the Government to pay private school fees for children, orphaned during Covid-19 pandemic. It opined that such children may be shifted to a Government school instead, for availing free education under Article 21-A of the Constitution. "They also have their limitations.It may be very far-fetched to ask them to pay the …

Schools worried about finances ahead of classes resuming
3 years, 4 months ago

Schools worried about finances ahead of classes resuming

The Hindu  

While teachers are getting ready to welcome students of classes IX and X when schools reopen on Monday, many managements are worried about meeting expenses as a majority of parents have not paid fees for the previous and current academic years. D. Shashi Kumar, general secretary, Associated Managements of Primary and Secondary Schools in Karnataka, said that on an average, …

Private School Fees : Delhi High Court Hears Delhi Govt's Challenge To Single Bench Order Quashing Restrictions On Fee Collection
3 years, 5 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, 6 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 …

Kerala High Court Seeks Responses Of Centre and State On Funds For Free Education
3 years, 6 months ago

Kerala High Court Seeks Responses Of Centre and State On Funds For Free Education

Live Law  

A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court directed the appropriate government to inform the Court as to why necessary funds were not provided to ensure free education of children of elementary schools. While hearing the matter, Chief Justice S. Manikumar and Justice Shaji P.Chaly held as follows: "We direct the State/Central Government as the case may be, to file …

Private schools can collect fees on monthly basis with 15 per cent reduction: Delhi govt
3 years, 6 months ago

Private schools can collect fees on monthly basis with 15 per cent reduction: Delhi govt

India TV News  

Private schools in the national capital can collect fees on a monthly basis with a 15 percent reduction in lieu of facilities that could not be utilized by students during the lockdown period, the Delhi government announced on Thursday. "In order to clear the confusion and give much-needed relief to parents, the Delhi government has issued an order to private …

COVID-19: Allahabad High Court Seeks Response From UP Government, Education Boards On Regulation Of School Fees
3 years, 6 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 …

School Fees : Supreme Court Refuses To Stay Delhi High Court Judgment Which Allowed Charging Of Annual Fee, Development Fee
3 years, 6 months ago

School Fees : Supreme Court Refuses To Stay Delhi High Court Judgment Which Allowed Charging Of Annual Fee, Development Fee

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by the Directorate of Education of the Delhi Government against the refusal of a Delhi High Court division bench to stay a single bench judgment which had quashed the government notifications asking private unaided schools not to charge annual, development fees.Noting that the division bench of the High Court is scheduled …

Telangana High Court closes PILs on high school fees, TS issues notices to schools
3 years, 6 months ago

Telangana High Court closes PILs on high school fees, TS issues notices to schools

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: As the state government informed that it was taking stringent action against private schools which collected more than prescribed fees, the Telangana High Court closed two PILs on higher fees and online classes. The division bench comprising Chief Justice Hima Kohli and Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy was dealing with the PILs filed by parents’ association and others, who brought …

Delhi HC refuses to stay order allowing pvt schools to charge annual, development fees
3 years, 7 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 …

Delhi High Court Issues Notice In Appeals Challenging Order Allowing Pvt Unaided Schools To Collect Annual Fee, Development Charges In Lockdown
3 years, 7 months ago

Delhi High Court Issues Notice In Appeals Challenging Order Allowing Pvt Unaided Schools To Collect Annual Fee, Development Charges In Lockdown

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has issued notice in appeals filed by Delhi Government and students challenging the single judge bench decision allowing private schools from collecting Annual Charges and Development Fees from students in lockdown. Delete Delhi High Court refuses to stay single judge bench decision allowing private schools from collecting Annual Charges and Development Fees from students in lockdown.#delhihighcourt …

Delhi govt,students move to HC against order allowing pvt schools fee collection
3 years, 7 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, 7 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, 8 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, 9 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 …

Allahabad High Court Asks UP Government About Criteria For Regulation of School Fees Amid Pandemic
3 years, 11 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 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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% …

Reduce fees by 20%, cannot hike fees this year: Calcutta HC tells private schools
4 years, 2 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 …

HC seeks reply of Delhi govt, DU, 4 colleges on plea over non-payment of teachers
4 years, 3 months ago

HC seeks reply of Delhi govt, DU, 4 colleges on plea over non-payment of teachers

Live Mint  

Delhi HC seeks reply from govt, DU, 4 colleges on plea over non-payment of teachers The Delhi High Court Tuesday asked four DU colleges to reply on a plea by teachers seeking direction to the institutions, affiliated to the varsity and fully funded by the AAP government, to release their salaries pending for the last four months. Advocate Ashok Agarwal, …

HC to hear on Thursday DU teachers’ plea for payment of 4-month salary dues
4 years, 3 months ago

HC to hear on Thursday DU teachers’ plea for payment of 4-month salary dues

India TV News  

The Delhi High Court Monday said it will hear on September 24 a plea by Delhi University teachers seeking direction to the colleges, affiliated to the varsity and fully funded by the AAP government, to release their salaries pending for the last four months. The eight teachers, who have filed the plea through advocate Kumar Utkarsh, said they are members …

Kerala HC Directs A Private School To Not Expel Students For Non-Payment Of Fees For Online Classes [Read Order]
4 years, 3 months ago

Kerala HC Directs A Private School To Not Expel Students For Non-Payment Of Fees For Online Classes [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court, taking note of the rather distressing situation that has gripped everyone on account of COVID-19 restrictions, restrained a private school from expelling students, merely for the reason that necessary fees has not been paid yet. to permit all the students studying in the school to participate in the online classes and in the upcoming periodic tests …

Law Students Approach Kerala HC Against Collection Of Fees By NUALS For Services Not Availed By Them During Lockdown Period
4 years, 4 months ago

Law Students Approach Kerala HC Against Collection Of Fees By NUALS For Services Not Availed By Them During Lockdown Period

Live Law  

28 Law Students has approached the High Court of Kerala against collection of Fees by the National University of Advanced Legal Studies for services which are not being availed by the students during the period of lockdown. The students seek a declaration from the Court that NUALS is not entitled to collect fee, other than tuition fee, for services that …

25% fees to be waived off in all Assam private schools
4 years, 4 months ago

25% fees to be waived off in all Assam private schools

India Today  

The Assam government recently issued a circular to all private schools, directing them to waive off 25 percent of school fees for this year. “In view of the COVID19 pandemic, we've advised all private educational institutions to offer at least 25% concessions in monthly fees, from May 1, 2020, till the formal opening of schools.” He further said that the …

Gujarat HC Quashes Govt. Order Restraining Fee Collection By Pvt. Schools Until Reopening [Read Judgment]
4 years, 5 months ago

Gujarat HC Quashes Govt. Order Restraining Fee Collection By Pvt. Schools Until Reopening [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Gujarat High Court has quashed a government order restraining private unaided schools from collecting tuition fees until they reopened, stating that such an injunction will force smaller institutions to shut down. In the decision on Friday, the court set aside three clauses of a government resolution issued on July 16: one, that no fees shall be charged by any …

Madras HC Warns Private Schools Of Contempt If They Insist Upon Collection Of Entire Fees For Upcoming Academic Year [Read Order]
4 years, 5 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 …

No student to be struck off school rolls for non-payment of fee: Punjab and Haryana HC
4 years, 5 months ago

No student to be struck off school rolls for non-payment of fee: Punjab and Haryana HC

India TV News  

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday said the names of students will not be struck off the rolls of private schools in Punjab on account of non-payment of fee. The move comes as a major relief for parents of students of private unaided schools who had expressed financial difficulty in paying fee for the lockdown period, and whose …

Delhi HC Permits Exclusion Of Students From Online Classes On Failure To Pay Tuition Fee Despite Financial Capacity [Read Order]
4 years, 5 months ago

Delhi HC Permits Exclusion Of Students From Online Classes On Failure To Pay Tuition Fee Despite Financial Capacity [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday partially read down the Delhi Government's order restraining private schools from precluding such students from attending online classes, who do not pay tution fee. In a plea filed by the Queen Mary School Northend, a single bench of Justice Jayant Nath has held, "Where the parents are in default for payment of tuition fee …

School annual fee hike plea reaches SC: Check details
4 years, 6 months ago

School annual fee hike plea reaches SC: Check details

India Today  

All schools and colleges have remained shut since March 2020, due to the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic. HRD Minister's request on fees hike HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal had requested private schools to think about their decisions on annual fee hikes and collecting quarterly fees during the coronavirus lockdown, there has been no uniformity on the subject across states. Seven high …

Students Of RGNUL Move NHRC Seeking Waiver Of Fresh Semester Fee [Read Complaint]
4 years, 6 months ago

Students Of RGNUL Move NHRC Seeking Waiver Of Fresh Semester Fee [Read Complaint]

Live Law  

A complaint has been filed with the National Human Rights Commission, against charging of "unjust" and "disproportionate" fees by the Rajeev Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab, during the lockdown period. The complaint has been filed by the law school students, urging that they be granted some relief in the upcoming semester fee, in view of the "enormous economic stress". …

School fees during lockdown: Parents from different states move Supreme Court, seek moratorium on dues
4 years, 6 months ago

School fees during lockdown: Parents from different states move Supreme Court, seek moratorium on dues

Firstpost  

Parents of the school going children who have moved the top court hail from Rajasthan, Odisha, Punjab, Gujarat, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Delhi and Maharashtra. A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court by the parents of children from different States seeking declaration of moratorium or deferment of payment of school fees during the COVID-19 induced lockdown. The plea “The Petitioners …

All Schools Entitled To Collect Tuition Fee, Regardless Of Whether Online Classes Were Offered During Lockdown : P & H HC [Read Order]
4 years, 6 months ago

All Schools Entitled To Collect Tuition Fee, Regardless Of Whether Online Classes Were Offered During Lockdown : P & H HC [Read Order]

Live Law  

The High Court of Punjab and Haryana on Tuesday held that all schools, irrespective of whether they offered online classes during the lock-down period or not, are entitled to collect the tuition fee. All schools, irrespective whether they offered online classes during the lockdown period or not, are entitled to collect the tuition fee. The May 14 directions advising schools …

Bombay HC Grants Interim Stay On State's GR Prohibiting Schools & Educational Institutions From Charging Hiked School Fee For 2020-21 Session
4 years, 6 months ago

Bombay HC Grants Interim Stay On State's GR Prohibiting Schools & Educational Institutions From Charging Hiked School Fee For 2020-21 Session

Live Law  

In a setback to parents of school going kids, the Bombay High Court on Friday stayed the government resolution dated May 8, 2020 issued by the State government prohibiting schools and educational institutions from charging fees at hiked rate for the 2020-21 session. The division bench of Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice RI Chagla were hearing a batch of four …

Allahabad HC Dismisses Plea Demanding Complete Waiver Of School & College Fees [Read Order]
4 years, 6 months ago

Allahabad HC Dismisses Plea Demanding Complete Waiver Of School & College Fees [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday dismisses a public interest litigation seeking a direction on all the schools and colleges in the state to completely waive off fees, including tution fees. The Petitioner, Ashutosh Kumar Pandey had submitted before the court that the period of closure of schools and colleges during the Covid crisis should be treated as a "holiday" …

'Highly Onerous For Parents To Pay For All Services Which Are Not Even Used By Their Wards': Plea In Allahabad HC For Relaxation Of Private School Fees During Lockdown
4 years, 6 months ago

'Highly Onerous For Parents To Pay For All Services Which Are Not Even Used By Their Wards': Plea In Allahabad HC For Relaxation Of Private School Fees During Lockdown

Live Law  

A PIL has been filed in the Allahabad High Court seeking a direction to all private schools in the State to charge only tuition fee and desist from levying other ancillary charges, until the lockdown prevails. The Petitioners, through Advocate Yash Tandon, have pointed out that even though schools were not charging transportation fee, in terms of the Govt order …

Calcutta HC Seeks Response Of State On Demand Of Fee By Unaided Educational Institutions During Lockdown
4 years, 6 months ago

Calcutta HC Seeks Response Of State On Demand Of Fee By Unaided Educational Institutions During Lockdown

Live Law  

The Chief Justice-led bench was hearing the plea that the unaided schools should not be permitted to collect fees during the lockdown period. "We are sure that this is a matter which is apparently gaining the attention of the government which has a say in the matter having regard to matters falling within its umbrella of executive administration and control …

Fees Not Stated In Admission Prospectus Can't Be Charged On Students By Deemed Universities : Kerala HC
4 years, 7 months ago

Fees Not Stated In Admission Prospectus Can't Be Charged On Students By Deemed Universities : Kerala HC

Live Law  

In a notable judgment, the High Court of Kerala held that deemed universities affiliated with the University Grants Commission cannot levy fees on students in excess of what is stated in the admission prospectus.Holding thus, a single bench of Justice Anu Sivaram directed the Indian Institute of Space Science Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, to refund the excess fees collected. In a notable …

Delhi HC asks AAP govt not to take coercive steps against pvt school over fee hike
4 years, 7 months ago

Delhi HC asks AAP govt not to take coercive steps against pvt school over fee hike

India Today  

AAP government had made it clear through repeated directives issued to schools that the fees should not be hiked during the lockdown period and the parents are not supposed to be pestered to pay the fees, but not all the schools have been following these instructions. Despite the orders by the state government, the Delhi High Court has directed the …

Schools To Charge 70% School Fees; Pay 70% Salary To Teachers: Directs Punjab & Haryana HC [Read Order]
4 years, 7 months ago

Schools To Charge 70% School Fees; Pay 70% Salary To Teachers: Directs Punjab & Haryana HC [Read Order]

Live Law  

In a big relief to private unaided schools in the state, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has allowed them to collect 70% school fees from the students. Based on these submissions, the bench of Justice Ritu Bahri granted interim relief to the Petitioner and ordered, "Keeping in view the present circumstances, interim direction is being given that the admission …

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