Overview
- The court backed the law’s objective to curb high fees but warned that mid‑session, retrospective rollout could trigger recoveries from schools and make operations unviable.
- It stopped short of staying the statute or rules and asked the government to take instructions, with the case listed for further hearing on January 27.
- Delhi’s December 24 circular requires School Level Fee Regulation Committees, and the High Court extended deadlines to form them to January 20 and to file fee proposals to February 5.
- Petitioners, including major school associations, contest the Act’s validity and say it dilutes management control through an 11‑member committee with a unanimity rule for fee approvals.
- The government told the court that current charges would be treated as the ‘proposed fee’ for 2025–26, a stance the bench questioned as confusing for a year that has already begun.