New Delhi: The Delhi High Court verdict that the Right to Education (RTE) Act is not applicable to nursery admission in unaided private schools has been challenged in the Supreme Court. An NGO, Social Jurist, has approached the apex court, saying that the high court erred in law in holding that the Act applied only in the matter of admission of children between the age of 6 years to 14 years and is not applicable to nursery admission.
"The Delhi High Court has clearly erred in law in holding that the provisions of Section 13 of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 apply only in the matter of admission of the children between the age of 6 years to 14 years and are not applicable to the admission of children below 6 years in unaided private schools," the NGO submitted in its petition.
"Section 13 of the Act was formulated in the context of rampant screening practices being adopted by the private unaided schools in nursery admissions which had resulted in a comprehensive round of litigation in the high court. It was to correct this mischief that the said provision was incorporated," the petition said while challenging the high court verdict.
The high court had passed the verdict on February 19, holding that the Right to Education (RTE) Act and subsequent government notifications were not applicable to nursery admissions in unaided private schools. It had, however, asked the Centre to consider amending
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08:31 AM, May 10, 2013
The High Court ruled on Tuesday there will be no change in the criteria for nursery admissions in Delhi schools. "We don't agree with the Central government that the rule is applicable to those between 6-14 years of age. So we will move the Supreme Court against the High Court verdict which supports the Centre," said a petitioner. ...
02:39 PM, Feb 19, 2013
There will be no change in the criteria for nursery admissions in Delhi schools, the High Court ruled on Tuesday while saying that the government should consider necessary amendments to the Right to Education Act to include nursery admissions as well. ...
11:14 AM, Feb 19, 2013
The Delhi High Court has reserved its order on a PIL over nursery admissions in private schools in Delhi. On Wednesday, the Centre informed the court that Right To Education Act was not applicable for children below the age of six under the general category. ...
04:34 PM, Feb 13, 2013
The Delhi High Court is set to deliver its final verdict on a PIL regarding nursery admissions on Wednesday. The PIL challenges the government's notification to private unaided schools allowing them to formulate their own criteria for nursery admissions. In its last hearing, the court had said that its verdict on this issue will effect nursery admission for this year's academic session. ...
06:49 AM, Feb 13, 2013
The Delhi High Court has adjourned hearing in the public interest litigation challenging nursery admission criteria formulated by private schools. The court has already reserved verdict in the case. ...
11:38 AM, Feb 12, 2013
Uncertainty continues over nursery admissions in Delhi. Parents who braved long queues are now caught in a fix after the Delhi High Court's decision that its verdict is enforceable from the 2013-14 session itself. ...
09:55 AM, Feb 05, 2013
The Delhi High Court is likely to pronounce its verdict on the nursery admission row in a few days. Written arguments from the petitioner have been submitted in court. ...
01:10 PM, Feb 04, 2013
The hearing in the Delhi nursery admissions row has been postponed till Wednesday. There remains uncertainty over admissions this year as the High Court has stayed the process until it takes a final decision in the matter. ...
11:27 PM, Jan 29, 2013
The Delhi High Court on Monday ordered private schools in Delhi to not allow nursery admissions till it gives a final verdict on the validity of government's 2010 notification and whether it follows the Right to Education Act. "Schools cannot formulate their own admission policies," the court further ordered. ...
05:35 PM, Jan 28, 2013
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday said the Centre and the city government cannot "dilute" the the Right to Education Act by allowing unaided private schools to formulate their own criteria for nursery admissions. "You (HRD Ministry and Delhi government) cannot the dilute the provision of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act (commonly referred to as Right To Education). By allowing them (schools) to formulate their...
08:58 PM, Jan 23, 2013
Guidelines issued by the Delhi Education Department on nursery admissions are being flouted by several schools in the national capital. Not only are complaints about arbitrariness by schools in the admission procedure pouring in, but several parents have also alleged that schools have been demanding hefty donation for admitting their wards. ...
03:09 PM, Jan 22, 2013
In a shocking development in the gangrape of a 26-year-old nurse in Punjab on Sunday, the police has now claimed that the woman had been booked last year on charges of injecting an HIV-infected needle into a woman with whose husband she was allegedly having an affair with. ...
02:11 PM, Jan 21, 2013
NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul feels that public humiliation by the press may have driven Indian nurse Jacintha Saldhana to take her own life. Participating in a debate on Lord Justice Leveson's report on the culture, practices and ethics of the press on Friday evening in the House of Lords, Lord Paul offered his sincere condolences to the bereaved family. ...
02:17 PM, Jan 12, 2013
British detectives investigating the death of a nurse found hanged after she took a prank phone call at a hospital treating Prince William's pregnant wife Kate have passed an evidence file to prosecutors, police said on Saturday. Public prosecutors must decide whether the case is strong enough to bring charges over a stunt that was condemned around the world and fuelled concerns about media ethics. ...
01:42 PM, Dec 23, 2012
Indian-origin nurse Jacintha Saldanha, who had committed suicide in a London hospital after a prank call about Princess Kate from an Australian radio channel, was laid to rest at her husband's hometown of Shirva in Udupi on Monday evening. ...
07:40 PM, Dec 17, 2012
The body of Indian-origin nurse Jacintha Saldanha, who committed suicide over the royal hoax call, will be flown to Mangalore on Sunday afternoon and the funeral will be held on Monday in her hometown Shirva. On Saturday, another memorial service was held outside Westminster Cathedral. ...
08:27 AM, Dec 16, 2012
