Reiterating that commercialization and profiteering in education are impermissible, the Uttarakhand High Court upheld the State Government's 2021 orders regulating fees of private unaided residential schools during the COVID-19 pandemic, directing the institutions to charge only tuition fees. “In view of the emergent situation, which had arisen due to Covid-19 Pandemic and the lockdown-imposed consequent thereto, State Government was justified …
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 …