Admit autistic girl in 2 weeks: Delhi HC to GD Goenka school
New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- Private, unaided educational institutions are legally bound to provide reasonable accommodations for children with disabilities under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act, the Delhi High Court ruled on Tuesday, ordering GD Goenka School in Model Town to admit an eight-year-old autistic girl within two weeks.
A bench of chief justice DK Upadhyay and justice Tushar Rao Gedela delivered the verdict on GD Goenka's appeal against a single-judge order that had earlier directed the school to readmit the child after it denied her admission under the children with special needs (CWSN) category. The girl had first been admitted to the school in 2021 but was withdrawn by her parents in January 2023 after the school...
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