New Delhi, July 2: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed before the Supreme Court on Thursday seeking a direction to the Centre and all States to waive fee of private schools for the COVID-19-induced lockdown period or provide uniform maximum relief.
The PIL filed by the lawyer, Reepak Kansal, before the Apex Court, said despite all education being closed since March, private schools are even demanding transport fee, activities charges, building and other funds “without rendering any such services.”
The petition filed under Article 32 of the Constitution claimed that charging fee during the lockdown period was unconstitutional.
Lawyer Kansal asked the Apex Court to pass the necessary and proper directions to the concerned authorities in this regard.
The petition could be taken up by the Supreme Court likely in one or two weeks, sources said.
India went into lockdown mode on March 24 this year following the COVID-19 outbreak. The lockdown was extended several times and later relaxed significantly to restart the economic activities.
