The Bombay High Court on Friday granted an interim stay on state government resolution that directed all the educational institutions in the state to not hike their fees for the academic year 2020-21 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The resolution also directed all the institutions to not collect any balance fees of the year 2019-20 or fees for the year 2020-21 at one go,but parents an option to deposit it monthly or quarterly.After this order,many educational trusts running schools across state approached the High Court seeking the order to be quashed and set aside.
In an interim order,a division bench of Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and Riyaz Chagla on Friday stayed operation of the government resolution pending final hearing and disposal of the petitions.The petitioners argued that the resolution was violative of their fundamental rights and curbed their rights to administer their educational institutions which include right to regulate and fix fees.
