New Delhi, April 17 -- The Delhi High Court on Wednesday pulled up Delhi Public School, Dwarka for treating students over fee with "indignity" by confining them in a library and not allowing them to attend classes. Justice Sachin Datta said the school, which was treating students like "chattel", deserved to be shut down. The court said some safeguards were required to ensure students were not "tortured" by the school, which was running the institution merely as a "money making machine".
In dramatic scenes, several students in their school uniforms, with books and bags, were present during the court proceedings along with their parents.
"I am concerned that you treated the students in a shabby and inhuman way... Inability to pay fees does ...