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MINI PUSHKARNA
Miss Aahana Through Father Atul Gupta – Appellant
Versus
Sanskriti School – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Mini Pushkarna, J. The present writ petition has been filed with prayer for directions to the respondents to ensure the admission of petitioner in the respondent no.1 school. The present petition was filed in the year 2021 and at that point of time admission of the petitioner was sought in Class Nursery for session 2021-2022.
2. It is the case on behalf of the petitioner that the respondent school has failed to admit the petitioner despite the fact that she fulfils all the criteria for admission and also succeeded in the merit list after draw of lots. However, subsequently the candidature of the petitioner was rejected on the ground of distance from the house of the petitioner to the school, which as per the petitioner is arbitrary and illegal. The petitioner has further raised the contention regarding failure of the respondent no.2, Directorate of Education (DOE) to ensure transparency and accountability in the respondent school recognised by them, which has rejected the admission of the petitioner without any valid ground.
3. Facts in brief are that the respondent school issued notification for admission to Pre-school for the academic year 2021-2022, wherein 150 seats w
Admission criteria must be reasonable, rational, and non-discriminatory, and schools have the autonomy to devise criteria but must adhere to principles of fairness and equity.
Private unaided schools possess the autonomy to determine admission criteria, and the explicit refusal of sibling points based on the definition of 'sibling' adheres to constitutional standards of fa....
The main legal point established in the judgment is the entitlement of siblings to points under the 'sibling category' for admission in a recognized private un-aided school, emphasizing the importanc....
The Right to Education Act aims to ensure educational access for underprivileged children, and rigid adherence to distance criteria that denies admission contradicts this purpose.
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