Calcutta High Court Directs Schools Not To Deny Promotion To Students Over Fee Payment
NDTV
The Calcutta High Court reiterated its earlier direction that all students will be allowed to join the higher class in the new sessions and will be provided normal educational facilities.
Taking up allegations of parents that a few schools were not adhering to its earlier interim order, the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday said none of the 145 schools in West Bengal covered in a PIL over fees during the Covid pandemic will deny promotion to any student to the next session or withhold report cards till further orders.
The court also reiterated its earlier direction that all students will be allowed to join the higher class in the new sessions and will be provided normal educational facilities.
Holding that G D Birla Centre for Education ought not to have issued a notice stating "the school will re-open on Monday, 11.4.2022 for students who have cleared all dues," a division bench comprising justices I P Mukerji and Moushumi Bhattacharya said the effect of this notification is that those students who have disputed the dues of the school would not be allowed to join classes.
Directing G D Birla Centre for Education to immediately withdraw the notice and allow the students to attend classes in the usual course, the bench said all other schools will also follow the directions in this order.
