Calcutta HC orders to charge normal fees as schools reopen for physical classes in West Bengal

The Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered that schools and other educational institutions will be permitted to charge fees according to their policy and arrangement with the students owing to remission of the Covid-19 pandemic and substantial normalisation of life.

The court directed that with prospective effect from February 16, its earlier order permitting deduction of 20 per cent of school fees will stand vacated.

“The schools and other



educational institutions shall be permitted to charge fees according to their policy and arrangement with the students,” a division bench comprising justices I P Mukerji and Moushumi Bhattacharya ordered.

The court ordered that in case of any dispute between the school fees claimed and that payable according to a student for the period up to Friday, 50 per cent of the demand by the school or the admitted amount by the student, whichever is higher, has to be paid by March 15.