Delhi High Court Orders Inspection On 'Dummy Schools' Allowing Students To Take Exams Without Attending Classes

The Delhi High Court has recently directed that an inspection be conducted on “dummy schools” in the national capital which are providing the facility of allowing the students to take the examination without attending the classes.A division bench comprising of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela directed the Delhi Government and Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to conduct the survey or inspection and also to take permissible action on the issue. The Court noted that the 'dummy schools' are lending their services to various coaching centres wherein young students during the school hours do not attend their classes and rather spend their time in coaching centres. It said that the students are allowed to take the examination conducted by the education boards where they are required to put in a minimum requisite number of attendance.The Bench passed the direction while dealing with a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by one Dr. Rajeev Aggarwal. The Bench said that the issue in the PIL not only raised public interest concerns but is also directly related to education of young students. “The PIL petition, though concerns itself with the 'dummy schools' which lend their premises and other facilities only for the purposes of allowing students to take the examination being conducted by various education boards in Delhi, though such students never attend the classes in the schools,” it said. The bench further observed that by lending such services to the students whose domicile is not Delhi, such schools are extending “unlawful facilities” to the schools domiciled outside Delhi to seek the benefit of reservation available to the domiciles of the national capital in the matter of admission to higher education and vocation courses.The Court directed the Delhi Government and CBSE to file additional affidavits giving details of the action taken in case any information regarding running of “dummy schools” is received by them. “We also direct the Education Department of State Government of Delhi to conduct a survey, and if warranted, surprise inspections shall also be conducted to collect the necessary information and share the same with the CBSE,” the Court ordered. It further directed CBSE to gather necessary information and share it with the Delhi Government. The Court directed that once the information is gathered, necessary action which may be permissible in law shall also be taken against the management of such institutions, both by the Delhi Government as well as CBSE.The matter will now be heard on May 07.Title: DR. RAJEEV AGGARWAL v. GOVERNMENT OF NCT OF DELHI & ORS.Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 128Click here to read order

Delhi High Court Orders Inspection On 'Dummy Schools' Allowing Students To Take Exams Without Attending Classes

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