Delhi HC allows exclusion from online classes on fee default

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has partially read down the Delhi Government's order restraining private schools from precluding such students from attending online classes, who do not pay tution fee.
In a plea led by the Queen Mary School Northend, a single bench of Justice Jayant Nath has held, "Where the parents are in default for payment of tuition fee for more than two months, the petitioner is free to issue an appropriate notice to such parents to explain the reason for the default..
“Where the parents are unable to satisfy/demonstrate to the petitioner regarding their nancial diculties, the petitioner is free to so communicate the same to the parents and decline to provide them ID and Password for online education facility for the students."
The Petitioner-school had moved the High Court against the Delhi Government's Circular dated April 18, 2020, barring private schools from charging any other component, except tuition fee, till lockdown is in effect.
The Petitioner had submitted that taking "unfair advantage" of this stipulation about 40% of the students were defaulting in payment of tuition fee, resulting in grave financial crisis to the school.