New school fee law will not be implemented in the current academic year: Delhi govt tells Supeme Court

Delhi government informs Supreme Court that the new school fee law will not take effect in the 2025-2026 academic year.

The Delhi government informed the Supreme Court on Monday (February 2, 2026) that it would not implement the Delhi School Education (Transparency in Fixation and Regulation of Fees) Act, 2025, which seeks to regulate the fixation of fees by private schools in the national capital, from the 2025-2026 academic year.

A Bench headed by Justice P.S. Narasimha reacted to the submission made by Additional Solicitor General S.V. Raju, for the Director of Education, Delhi government, that “it seems better sense has prevailed finally”.

In the previous court hearing, the Bench had questioned the “rushed implementation” of the 2025 Act by the government.

“Our concern was about the rushed implementation of the Act. We would have stayed. BUt better seems to have prevailed for them (Delhi government), and they have said the law would be implemented only from the next year,” Justice Narasimha remarked.

Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi and Shyam Divan said the government was still insisting on applying the 2025 Act to the academic year 2025-2026 if it won the pending case in the Delhi High Court.

“The fee for the 2025-2026 academic year was fixed in March-April 2025. The Act came into existence in December 2025. How can they apply the 2025 Act retrospectively on fees fixed under the old Central law?” Mr. Rohatgi submitted.