Kareena Bhel v. PP International School

Delhi High Court · 24 May 2023 · 2023:DHC:3768
Mini Pushkarna
W.P. (C) 12644/2019
2023:DHC:3768
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The Delhi High Court dismissed a writ petition seeking school attendance as infructuous due to the petitioner’s prolonged non-attendance and the lapse of the relevant academic years.

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Neutral Citation Number: 2023:DHC:3768
W.P. (C) 12644/2019
HIGH COURT OF DELHI
Date of Decision: 24th May, 2023
W.P. (C) 12644/2019
KAREENA BHEL (MINOR) THROUGH HER NEXT FRIEND AND NATURAL FATHER SH. SANJIV KUMAR
BEHL ..... Petitioner
Through: None.
VERSUS
PP INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL THROUGH ITS PRINCIPAL & ANR. ..... Respondents
Through: Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, GNCTD with Ms. Kavita Nailwali, Advs. for
DOE.(M:9873725564, Email:hetuarorasethiadv@gmai l.com)
Ms. Jyoti Taneja, Adv. (M:9999500069, Email:jyoti.taneja09@gmail. com)
CORAM:
HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MINI PUSHKARNA [Physical Hearing/ Hybrid Hearing]
MINI PUSHKARNA, J. (ORAL):
JUDGMENT

1. None appears for the petitioner when the matter is called out.

2. The present writ petition had been filed with prayer for directing the respondent school to allow the petitioner to attend the classes in the school.

3. The present writ petition was filed in the year 2019, when the Neutral Citation Number: 2023:DHC:3768 W.P. (C) 12644/2019 petitioner was studying in Grade-IX.

4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent school submits that the petitioner has not been attending classes for the last three years in the school and that her name has been struck off from the rolls of the school.

5. As seen from the facts on record, the present writ petition was filed when the petitioner was in Class IX and the prayer was made for allowing the petitioner to attend the classes. The petitioner would have now passed Class XII in the current Academic Session 2022-2023. Even otherwise, learned counsel for the respondents submits that the petitioner has not attended the school since the last three years and that her again has been struck off.

6. In view of the aforesaid, the present writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. MINI PUSHKARNA, J MAY 24, 2023