New Delhi, April 3 -- The Delhi High Court has observed that while the Right to Education Act ensures access to education, it does not give a student the right to insist on admission in a specific school.

A Division Bench headed by Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay and comprising Justice Tejas Karia made these observations while dismissing an appeal filed by a mother seeking her child's admission to a particular private school under the EWS category. The Bench upheld the earlier ruling and found no grounds to interfere with the Single Judge's decision.

The Court emphasised that the objective of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act is to promote social inclusion and equal opportunity in education. However, this ...