New Delhi, Jan. 19 -- The Supreme Court on Monday heard a batch of pleas challenging the Delhi School Education (Transparency in Fixation and Regulation of Fees) Act, 2025, with the Bench expressing concern over the proposed retrospective implementation of the fee regulation mechanism for the ongoing academic year.
A Bench comprising Justice P.S. Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe was hearing the matter.
Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for the petitioners, contended that the 2025 Act is repugnant to the Delhi School Education Act, 1973, a Parliamentary enactment, and therefore unconstitutional.
He submitted that though the 2025 Act is projected as supplementary legislation, it in fact conflicts with the central law.
Rohatgi also...