{"id":3926,"date":"2023-10-13T07:32:28","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T07:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=3926"},"modified":"2023-10-13T07:32:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T07:32:28","slug":"sc-rejects-petition-seeking-ban-on-screening-of-children-for-nursery-admission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/sc-rejects-petition-seeking-ban-on-screening-of-children-for-nursery-admission\/","title":{"rendered":"SC rejects petition seeking ban on screening of children for nursery admission"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW DELHI: The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Delhi<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>High\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Court’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>refusal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>order\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>lieutenant\u00a0<\/span>governor\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>sign\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>rescind\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2015\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bill\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sought\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>prohibition\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>screening\u00a0<\/span><\/span>kids\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>nursery\u00a0<\/span><\/span>admissions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>challenged\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>case\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Supreme\u00a0<\/span>Court\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span>dismissed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Friday.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>It\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span><\/span>possible\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>pass\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>directive\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>enact\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>legislation,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bench\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Justices\u00a0<\/span><\/span>SK\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kaul\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sudhanshu\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Dhulia.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Can\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>legislation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>be\u00a0<\/span>enacted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pursuant\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>mandamus?<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Can\u00a0<\/span><\/span>we\u00a0<\/span><\/span>order\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>bring\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>bill\u00a0<\/span><\/span>forward?<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>bench\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Supreme\u00a0<\/span>Court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>couldn’t\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>cure-all.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Delhi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>School\u00a0<\/span>Education\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(Amendment)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bill,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2015\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>subject\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>PIL\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>high\u00a0<\/span>court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>dismissed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>July\u00a0<\/span>3\u00a0<\/span><\/span>after\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ruling\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>could\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>interfere\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>legislative\u00a0<\/span>process\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>order\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>LG\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>either\u00a0<\/span><\/span>assent\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>send\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>back.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>organisation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>filed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>appeal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Supreme\u00a0<\/span>Court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>through\u00a0<\/span><\/span>attorney\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ashok\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Agarwal,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>arguing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>child-friendly\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bill\u00a0<\/span><\/span>prohibiting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>screening\u00a0<\/span>process\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>nursery\u00a0<\/span><\/span>admission\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>schools\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hanging\u00a0<\/span><\/span>between\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Central\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Delhi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>governments\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>past\u00a0<\/span>seven\u00a0<\/span>years\u00a0<\/span><\/span>without\u00a0<\/span><\/span>any\u00a0<\/span>justification\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>contrary\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>public\u00a0<\/span>interest\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>public\u00a0<\/span>policy.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>A\u00a0<\/span>division\u00a0<\/span>bench\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Delhi\u00a0<\/span>High\u00a0<\/span>Court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>rejected\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>PIL,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stating\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>improper\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>high\u00a0<\/span>court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>exercise\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span>constitutional\u00a0<\/span>authority\u00a0<\/span><\/span>under\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Article\u00a0<\/span>226\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ordering\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>governor,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>constitutional\u00a0<\/span>authority,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>establish\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>deadline\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>matters\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>solely\u00a0<\/span><\/span>within\u00a0<\/span><\/span>his\u00a0<\/span>purview.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>considered\u00a0<\/span>opinion\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>this\u00a0<\/span><\/span>court,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>even\u00a0<\/span>though\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>bill\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>passed\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>House,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>always\u00a0<\/span><\/span>open\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>governor\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>agree\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>send\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bill\u00a0<\/span><\/span>back\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>House\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>this\u00a0<\/span><\/span>court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ought\u00a0<\/span><\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>pass\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>writ\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>mandamus\u00a0<\/span><\/span>directing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>governor\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>act,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>court’s\u00a0<\/span>ruling\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2015\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bill’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>very\u00a0<\/span>objective\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>purpose\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>safeguard\u00a0<\/span><\/span>kids\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>abuse\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unfair\u00a0<\/span>discrimination\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>nursery\u00a0<\/span><\/span>admission\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>private\u00a0<\/span>schools,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>appeal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>against\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>high\u00a0<\/span><\/span>court’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>decision.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bill’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>intent\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>thwarted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>delay,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>claimed,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>adding\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Delhi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>administration\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>already\u00a0<\/span>secured\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>assembly’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>passage\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>legislation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2015.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>statement,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Delhi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>High\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Court’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2013\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ruling\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>PIL\u00a0<\/span><\/span>brought\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Social\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jurist\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>taken\u00a0<\/span><\/span>into\u00a0<\/span>consideration\u00a0<\/span><\/span>when\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>bill\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>passed.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>may\u00a0<\/span>take\u00a0<\/span><\/span>into\u00a0<\/span>account\u00a0<\/span><\/span>amending\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>law\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>needed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>guarantee\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>children\u00a0<\/span><\/span>applying\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>nursery\u00a0<\/span><\/span>entrance\u00a0<\/span><\/span>also\u00a0<\/span>receive\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>benefits\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Right\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Education\u00a0<\/span>Act,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>high\u00a0<\/span>court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2013.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>All\u00a0<\/span>children\u00a0<\/span><\/span>between\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>ages\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>six\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>fourteen\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>entitled\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>free\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>compulsory\u00a0<\/span>education\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>fundamental\u00a0<\/span>right\u00a0<\/span><\/span>under\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2009\u00a0<\/span><\/span>law.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>NGO\u00a0<\/span><\/span>claimed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>March\u00a0<\/span>21,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2023,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>submitted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>request\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>authorities\u00a0<\/span><\/span>asking\u00a0<\/span><\/span>them\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>expeditiously\u00a0<\/span>complete\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Bill.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>On\u00a0<\/span><\/span>April\u00a0<\/span>11,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>nevertheless,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Centre\u00a0<\/span><\/span>responded,\u00a0<\/span>saying\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>two\u00a0<\/span><\/span>governments\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>yet\u00a0<\/span><\/span>finalised\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>bill.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>It\u00a0<\/span><\/span>claimed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>more\u00a0<\/span>than\u00a0<\/span>1.5\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lakh\u00a0<\/span><\/span>admissions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>occur\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>nursery\u00a0<\/span><\/span>level\u00a0<\/span><\/span>each\u00a0<\/span>year\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>private\u00a0<\/span>schools\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Delhi,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>screening\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>children\u00a0<\/span><\/span>older\u00a0<\/span><\/span>than\u00a0<\/span><\/span>three\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>prohibited\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2009\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Right\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Education\u00a0<\/span>Act.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span>order\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>speed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>up\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>process\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>finalising\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Bill\u00a0<\/span><\/span>insofar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>relates\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>outlawment\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>screening\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>admission\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pre-primary\u00a0<\/span><\/span>level,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>asked\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>issue\u00a0<\/span><\/span>instructions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>authorities.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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