A PIL was filed alleging lack of quality education under the RTE Act. The court held the petitioner did not raise specific grievances under the Act and refused to treat it as a PIL, dismissing the application with liberty to invoke remedies under the Act.
Writ application dismissed with liberty to invoke remedies under the RTE Act and 2011 Rules.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.2580 of 2023
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Raunak Sinha, S/o Arvind Kumar Sinha, R/o Mahendrapuram Apartment, Block- A, House No. 4, Polsan- Digha Road, Patna, Bihar.
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... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner : Mr. Raunak Sinha (In Person) For the Respondents : Ms. Shilpa Singh (GA-12) Mr. Apurva Kumar, Advocate Mr. Sanjiv Kumar, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MADHURESH PRASAD ORAL JUDGMENT (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MADHURESH PRASAD)
Date : 09-05-2023
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referred to as “2011 Rules”) in true letter and spirit.
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petitioner who claims to be interested in enforcement of the constitutional mandate under Article 21A and RTE Act for ensuring quality education, has not taken any steps in this regard by moving any of the authorities specified under the RTE Act by raising any specific grievance. Without doing so, he has approached this Court by making vague and sweeping allegations alleging general deficiencies in implementation of the RTE Act for quality education in the State.
(K. Vinod Chandran, CJ)
( Madhuresh Prasad, J)
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2 issues framed by the court
Whether the court should proceed with an application alleging lack of quality education implementation under the RTE Act as a Public Interest Litigation.
Whether the petitioner has exhausted remedies by raising specific grievances under the Act before approaching the court.
3 provisions across 3 enactments
Raunak Sinha
Vinod Chandran
Madhuresh Prasad
As recorded by the court registry
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