The majority opinion of the apex court’s seven-judge Constitution bench, one of the last sittings before Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud left office, held that an institution will not lose its minority status merely because it was established by a statute. The judgment has far-reaching implications
The Supreme Court has ruled that while a minority educational institution was free to devise its own fee structure, the Admission and Fee Regulatory Committee under the state had the power to regulate the same, in order to ensure that there was no profiteering or charging of capitation fee
The Supreme Court has refused to entertain plea by Six private schools who had moved against the Calcutta HC order which had restrained them from taking any "coercive action" against students who have not yet remitted their fees amid the Covid-19 pandemic.