India, May 29 -- New Delhi

The Delhi high court on Wednesday turned down the request of over 100 parents of Delhi Public School (DPS), Dwarka, students to charge only approved fees for the 2025-26 academic session, and ordered them to pay 50% of the hiked fee from the 2024-25 academic session, until the Directorate of Education (DoE) takes a call on their request.

A bench of justice Vikas Mahajan, while saying that the parents had failed to provide proof regarding DoE's rejection of fees fixed by the school from 2024-25, directed the school to comply with its April 16 order-that discrimination and victimisation of students on the grounds of non-payment of hiked fee was unacceptable.

In his 17-page order, justice Mahajan said that the l...