Delhi High Court Puts Fee Committee Rule on Hold, Gives Relief to Private Schools Till Feb 20

The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi government not to take any action for now against private schools that failed to form fee monitoring committees. The interim protection will continue till February 20, when the court will hear the schools’ challenge to the February 1 notification.

Children Are Learning These Things From Home: Supreme Court On Communal Memes Over Student’s Expulsion Case

The Supreme Court issued notice on a plea by a father challenging his 14-year-old son’s expulsion from an Indore school over offensive Instagram memes, including communal content. A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan is examining matter.

Inappropriate Messages to Girl Student Are Unbecoming of a School Teacher: Bombay HC Upholds Termination

The Bombay High Court upheld termination of a probationary assistant teacher over inappropriate messages with a student. Justice Somasekhar Sundaresan held such conduct unbecoming, allowing school management to end probation under MEPS Act Section 5(3) without full departmental enquiry.