Maharashtra's Amendment Exempting Private Schools From 25% RTE Quota If Govt-Run School Exists Nearby 'Unconstitutional': High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that Maharashtra government's decision exempting private unaided schools from providing 25% quota in Class I or Pre-school for children of disadvantaged sections, if there is a government-run or aided school within 1 km radius of that private school, is "unconstitutional".The decision was taken by the State this year by amending the Maharashtra Right of Children...