India, Sept. 1 -- The Supreme Court on Monday expressed doubts over the correctness of its 2014 judgment that put minority schools out of the ambit of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (RTE).

RTE requires private schools to reserve 25% of entry-level seats for economically weaker sections (EWS) and other disadvantaged groups, but minority schools are exempt from this quota due to the 2014 ruling that protected their right to administer their institutions without such overarching mandates.

The matter was on Monday referred to the Chief Justice of India, BR Gavai, for next steps, by the SC bench of justices Dipankar Datta and Augustine George Masih. The bench observed that the exemption - granted in the case...