The Supreme Court on Friday refused to hear a plea seeking exemption on paying school fees in Uttar Pradesh, asking the petitioner to move the Allahabad High Court. The petitioner had challenged in the apex court the Allahabad High Court order rejecting the plea. Petitioner Abhisht Kusum Gupta had filed a plea in the high court seeking directions to private schools in UP to not collect monthly fees from parents of the students amid COVID-19 pandemic. The plea was dismissed by the high court, following which the petitioner moved the top court. However, a Supreme Court bench hearing the plea asked the applicant to file an appeal in the high court.

Source: dna August 14, 2020 12:56 UTC