{"id":9703,"date":"2020-08-31T07:10:08","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T07:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wakilsahab.in\/news\/?p=9703"},"modified":"2020-08-31T07:10:08","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T07:10:08","slug":"no-annual-and-development-fees-till-schools-reopen-delhi-high-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wakilsahab.in\/news\/no-annual-and-development-fees-till-schools-reopen-delhi-high-court\/","title":{"rendered":"No Annual And Development Fees Till Schools Reopen: Delhi High Court"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Source:-ndtv<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Delhi High Court has held that annual and development charges cannot be taken from the parents of students &#8220;during the pendency of the present lockdown&#8221;, when schools are yet to reopen.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>New Delhi:<\/strong> The Delhi High Court has held that annual and development charges cannot be taken from the parents of students &#8220;during the pendency of the present lockdown&#8221;, when schools are yet to reopen. The prima facie opinion was expressed by Justice Jayant Nath in his order of August 25 while hearing a plea moved by the parents&#8217; association of a private school, which started taking the annual and development charges along with the tuition fees from July.<br>The court restrained the school from taking the annual and development charges from the parents for the month of July till further orders. It also issued a notice to the Delhi government and the school, seeking their stand on the plea of the parents&#8217; association, which was represented by advocate Gaurav Bahl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The court has listed the matter for further hearing on September 16. According to the order, during the hearing via video-conference, the school contended that the lockdown is over and hence, it can levy the annual and development charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the Delhi government, represented by its Additional Standing Counsel Gautam Narayan, told the court that the Directorate of Education&#8217;s April 18 circular, asking the schools not to charge the annual and development fees during the lockdown period, continues to apply as none of the schools has physically opened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Delhi government said, therefore, the school in question cannot charge the annual and development fees till the completion of the lockdown period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After hearing both sides, the judge said, &#8220;In my opinion, prima facie, it appears that the annual and development charges cannot be charged from the parents during the pendency of the present lockdown.&#8221; The court said the parents have to pay the tuition fees.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.wakilsahab.in\/news\/no-annual-and-development-fees-till-schools-reopen-delhi-high-court\/\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"5\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground:  !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source:-ndtv The Delhi High Court has held that annual and development charges cannot be taken from the parents of students &#8220;during the pendency of the present lockdown&#8221;, when schools are yet to reopen. 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