Delhi High Court Reinstates Names of Students Struck Off by Private School over Unpaid Fees
13 July 2024 | The Indian Express
The Delhi High Court recently reinstated the names of certain students who had been struck off from the rolls by a private school over non-payment of hiked fees. During the hearing, the parents had argued that Delhi Public School (DPS) Dwarka had struck off the names of their wards from the rolls “on account of non-payment of hiked fee”. It was submitted that the fee had been hiked without the Directorate of Education’s (DoE) approval.
A single-judge bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, in its July 9 interim order, said, “In the interregnum, it is directed that without prejudice to the rights and contentions of the respective parties and subject to the petitioners depositing 50% of the hiked school fee only for the academic year 2024-25, the names of the wards of the petitioners be restored on the rolls of the school in their respective classes, subject to the final outcome of the present writ petition.”