The Bombay high court on Thursday came down heavily on a father of a child who was expelled from the school because his father had refused to pay more fees in the name of uniform and stationery.
The Bombay high court on Thursday came down heavily on a father of a child who was expelled from the school because his father had refused to pay more fees in the name of uniform and stationery.
Division bench of Justice V.M Kanade and Justice M.S. Sonak was hearing a suo moto petition in which they had taken cognisance of a letter written by the father of the 12-year-old boy against HVB Global Academy School in Marine Lines in South Mumbai.
According to the child’s father, his son was expelled from the school because he had objected to paying Rs 50,000 in cash to the school for purchase of uniform and other stationery.
During the last hearing, the high court directed the state to ensure that the child gets admission in another school by July 18.
Accordingly, state had made arrangements and admitted the child in another school. But on Thursday, the court came to know that the father has removed the child from the new school saying there are 70-80 students in a class, so his child will not be able to study there.
Hearing this, court rapped the father saying, “We wanted the child’s education to not suffer and directed the state to make arrangements for it, but you removed your son from the new school too.”
Responding to the apprehensions of the father regarding the high number of students per class in the new school, Justice Sonak observed, “70-80 students in a class are common in Mumbai. It is not only your problem, every parent is facing this problem.”
The father of the child told the court on Friday that state had promised him his son would be admitted in St. Xaviers School but at the last moment they had given him admission in BGPC School.
Justice Sonak replied that now, “it is your responsibility to get admission for your child and we are going to look at larger issues of the petition.”
The court has kept the matter after two weeks for further direction.
