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Public Interest Litigation (PIL)against school fees in Bombay high court

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Public Interest Litigation (PIL)against school fees in Bombay high court
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Public Interest Litigation (PIL)against school fees in Bombay high court

Date – 16th Jun 2021

The Bombay High Court on June 15, 2021 directed the Maharashtra Government to file reply to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) which demanded that parents should be able to pay school fees in installments in view of the economic stress caused by the COVID-19 situations in the state.

A bench of Justices S P Deshmukh and G S Kulkarni have asked the state to explain how people can approach the divisional fee regulatory panels constituted under the Maharashtra Educational Institutions (Regulation of Fee) Act, 2011.

PIL, filed by BJP MLA Atul Bhatkhalkar, demanded that the state government should direct educational institutes to consider requests by parents on "remitting" fees for 2020-21 and 2021-22 "sympathetically" on case-to-case basis. The institutes should also be directed to allow parents to pay dues in installments.

Senior counsel Birendra Saraf, the petitioner's lawyer, said that -

  • During the pandemic, several unaided schools increased their fees and also started charging extra for conducting online classes. This amounted to profiteering and schools must be restrained from overcharging
  • Some students have not able to pay the fees on time due to various pandemic-related reasons, and they must not be barred from attending classes. The HC will hear the PIL further later this month.

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