SDelhi HC Upholds Policy of Cash Payments for School Uniforms to EWS Students (Source: Canva)
\n\nThe Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea seeking intervention in the city administration’s decision to hand out cash to students enrolled under EWS and disadvantaged group categories in private schools to buy their uniforms.
\n\nAs reported by PTI, a bench of Justices Subramonium Prasad and Renu Bhatnagar turned down the petition by NGO ‘Justice For All’, requesting the court to rethink its January 2023 ruling on the matter.
\n\nThe petitioner submitted before the HC that the government is supposed to provide uniforms to students belonging to the said categories in aided and unaided private schools, and not give out cash for this purpose, as per the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act.
\n\nThe Delhi government had previously said the Cabinet believed that procurement and distribution of uniforms would not be viable in view of operational constraints, and hence, a fresh policy was adopted in June 2025 to pay a suitable amount for uniforms to students.
\n\nIn a ruling dated October 12, the bench observed that the grounds raised in the review petition were an attempt to re-argue the case in its…
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