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DELHI HIGH COURT
PRATEEK JALAN
Riddhima Singh – Appellant
Versus
Central Board of Secondary Education – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. minor's rights as a student against school fees. (Para 1 , 3) |
| 2. overview of reliefs sought and allegations against school. (Para 2 , 11 , 12) |
| 3. jurisdictional concerns regarding the case. (Para 4 , 10) |
| 4. arguments by parties regarding jurisdiction issues. (Para 15 , 16 , 18 , 20) |
| 5. principle of forum non conveniens discussed. (Para 24 , 32) |
| 6. final dismissal of the petition. (Para 33 , 34) |
JUDGMENT
1. The petitioner is a minor child. At the time the writ petition was filed, she was studying in Class VII in the respondent no.3 - Indirapuram Public School, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh ["the School"], which is affiliated to respondent no.1/Central Board of Secondary Education ["CBSE"]. The petition has been filed through the petitioner's father, Mr. Shailendra Kumar Singh, who has also appeared throughout in person.
2. The reliefs sought in the petition are as follows: -
"1. to issue an writ of mandamus to the respondent no 1 to allow Petitioner to appear in Secondary and senior secondary Examinations conducted by respondent without any level of discrimination in examination or result with respect to regular students, failing which the applicant shall suffer irrepara
The principle of forum non conveniens allows courts to decline jurisdiction if a more appropriate forum exists, particularly in education-related disputes where the School is located outside the cour....
Education Law - Non-payment of fees - Mere presence of CBSE as a respondent in petition is not sufficient to enable this Court to exercise jurisdiction under Article 226 of Constitution. The Court ma....
The Fee Committee exceeded its jurisdiction by adjudicating complaints post-enactment of the Punjab Regulation of Fee of Unaided Educational Institutions Act, 2016, leading to the quashing of its ord....
The court established that a party must demonstrate a legally protected interest to have standing in a writ petition, emphasizing the principle of locus standi in educational disputes.
A review petition cannot serve as an opportunity to reargue matters previously adjudicated, and territorial jurisdiction is determined by the location of the relevant grievance, not the location of a....
If a person or authority is a 'State' within the meaning of Art.12 of the Constitution, admittedly a writ petition under Art.226 would lie against such a person or body.
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