Parents, school agree in HC to start 5-yr-old’s online classes

Nagpur: The parents of a 5-year-old boy being deprived of online classes agreed, under protest, to pay arrears and first instalment of this year’s fee, and the school agreed to begin the boy’s classes from Thursday, at a hearing at the Nagpur bench of Bombay high court on Wednesday. The court then directed the same, noting that this will not prejudice the rights of either parties, and all questions in the case will remain open for hearing later.
The petitioner Dhairya Bansod’s parents had contended that the school management failed to restart his online classes, despite clear orders from the HC in the last hearing.
“We direct the school authorities to admit the petitioner to KG-II and let him attend classes online from July 8, if they are being held regularly. Arrears of fees and first instalment of fees to be paid, as assured before this court. This is being done without prejudice to the respective rights of both sides and keeping all questions open,” a division bench comprising justices Sunil Shukre and Anil Kilor said.
Earlier, the Sadar-based school’s lawyer Wilson Mathew pointed out that the petitioner’s parents had failed to pay the arrears of KG-I and first instalment of KG-II. Petitioner’s counsel Ravi Sanyal then made a statement that they would deposit the arrears of Rs33,400 and first instalment of Rs18,520 within a week but “under protest”.
Wilson then said the school would admit petitioner in KG-II and also permit him to attend online classes from Thursday.
Dhairya had approached the HC through his father Pritesh after the school withheld his KG-I results asking him to pay full fees of Rs86,800. It also stopped his promotion to KG-II.