By IANS,
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court issued notice to Frank Anthony Public School and asked its principal to appear before it to explain why they do not give admissions to students from poor families.
A division bench comprising Justices Madan B. Lokur and Mukta Gupta Thursday issued notice to the school principal for not complying with the court’s order of giving admission to students from weak financial backgrounds.
The court directed the principal to appear in person Feb 24.
The court also asked the Modern School and the Indian School to file their replies on the same matter by the next date of hearing.
The court was hearing a public interest petition filed by Social Jurist, an NGO, that said the schools were allotted public land on concessional rates on the condition that they would also admit students from economically weaker sections.
Ashok Aggarwal, counsel for Social Jurist, said there were complaints that some schools do not issue admission forms to parents who are poor.