New Delhi, Jan. 23 -- Emphasising judicial restraint in matters of government policy, the Delhi High Court has upheld the Delhi government's decision to provide school uniform assistance through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT), ruling that courts cannot insist on a particular mode of welfare delivery when the law itself does not prescribe one.

A Division Bench headed by Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya held that neither the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, nor the Delhi RTE Rules, 2011, require uniforms to be supplied strictly in kind.

The court observed that as long as the statutory obligation to provide uniforms is fulfilled, the executive is entitled to choose the mechanism best suited to practical re...