Independent Schools Federation of India (Regd.) and Anr. v. the Union of India and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
W.P.(C) 5248/2019, Independent Schools Federation of India (Regd.) v. Union of India and Ors., High Court of Delhi, order dated 04.05.2026 (Prathiba M. Singh and Madhu Jain, JJ.). Writ petition under Article 226 challenging the fee mechanism under Chapter 8 and Regulations 7.2, 7.5.1, 7.5.2, 7.6 of Chapter 7 of the CBSE Affiliation Bye-laws, 2018, dismissed as no longer maintainable due to lapsed registration of the petitioner-Society and non-compliance with the order dated 16.02.2026 directing filing of the members' list; interim status quo order dated 27.05.2019 vacated; merits left open. Keywords: Article 226, CBSE Affiliation Bye-laws 2018, unaided private schools, fee regulation, maintainability, lapsed registration, locus.
What did the court decide?
As the registration of the petitioner-Society has itself lapsed and there is no compliance with the previous order dated 16th February 2026, the petition is no longer maintainable and is dismissed.