On Wednesday, the Delhi High Court imposed ₹20,000 costs on a PIL-petitioner seeking 'proper online classes' in schools.
The petition filed by the Anti-Corruption Council of India Trust went to High Court to seek instructions on quality of Online Classes amid Covid-19 pandemic while also alleging that the schools were 'over-charging' fees from students and denying classes to defaulters.
Refusing the entertain the petition, the Two-Judge Division Bench stated the petition as bogus. The Bench questioned:
"What do you mean by proper? What education are you expecting? Tomorrow you will file a contempt saying this is also not proper?"
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It added:
"These are vague terms.. if any school is running online classes, it is very easy to say that it is not proper classes."
The Bench when informed that the basi of the petition was a News Article noted that making a News Report entire basis of a PIL is unreasonable.
"You can't read a newspaper and file a PIL.", it said.
The Court stated that the petitioner had failed to give any details/particulars with respect to the allegations levelled by him. It also said that the petition was filed 'without any homework.'
On the basis of above, the Court denied to entertain the petition.
The order was delivered by a Division Bench comprising of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan on 09-12-2020.
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