A two-judge bench has flagged a constitutional conflict between a child’s right to free and compulsory education and minority institutions’ right to autonomy, setting the stage for a landmark review
The top court has done something deceptively simple: it has tied the fate of India’s most invisible children to the most universal public institution we have: the neighbourhood school. If properly enforced, this order might one day be seen as the moment orphanhood moved from charitable afterthought to rights-based entitlement
The Delhi High Court recently held that while children cannot be barred from exams for non-payment of fees, private unaided schools cannot be forced to retain them.