Case Law Analysis
|Bombay High Court
RTE Act S. 12(1)(c) | Distance Norms Not Rigid Where Division Bench Ordered Removal for Unaided Schools & Academic Loss Looms : Bombay HC
The court quashed cancellation of a Scheduled Caste child's RTE admission, holding distance norms cannot be rigidly enforced where a Division Bench ordered their removal for unaided schools and compliance would cost the child an academic year. The ruling affirms procedural barriers cannot override substantive educational access for disadvantaged groups.