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Bombay High Court calls Schools as Money Spinning Rackets
After the father of a 12-year-old boy wrote a letter to the Bombay High Court against the HVB Global Academy School for expelling his son. The court has issued a notice to the school to hear their side of the story on July 11.
Another chapter has been added to the ongoing saga of school excesses and the protests against them. The Bombay High Court has issued a notice to a south Mumbai private school for expelling a minor boy without proper grounds. The Court also observed that schools are freely taking law into their own hands and have become a "money spinning racket".
Taking cognisance of a letter written to the high court by the father of a 12-year-old boy against HVB Global Academy School in Marine Lines, a division bench of justices VM Kanade and MS Sonak issued the notice.
According to the child's father, his boy was expelled from the school as he had questioned and objected to paying a sum of ₹50,000 in cash to the school for purchase of uniform and other stationery items.
"These days schools have become a money-spinning racket. Schools have started taking law into their own hands," Justice Kanade said.
The letter further stated that the action was taken by the school when Santosh Mehta, the boy's father approached the school for admitting his son in Class VII.
"The school initially quoted a fee of ₹1,09,500 which I paid and have a receipt of. However, later the school demanded ₹50,000 more in cash for uniform, school books, bags and other stationery items. When I objected to pay the extra sum, the school authorities started threatening me and my family," the letter alleged.
The letter finally explained how the school authorities fraudulently threatened his wife into signing a blank paper, based on which the school issued a transfer certificate and expelled his son from the school.
"I approached the office of the Commissioner of Child Right Protection of Maharashtra and also the Deputy Director of Education. The deputy director of education in February this year directed the school principal to reinstate my child. But when I sent my son to school the security guards stopped him and refused to send him in," the letter alleged.
The high court today issued notice to the school and said it would like to hear the school's side of the story and posted the matter for hearing on July 11