India, Aug. 28 -- New Delhi

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice in a plea seeking to restrain private unaided schools in the city from forcing students from the economically weaker section (EWS) and disadvantaged group (DG) from buying high-priced private-publisher books and excessive school material.

A bench of chief justice DK Upadhyay and justice Tushar Rao Gedela sought responses from the Delhi government, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) in a plea filed by one Jasmit Singh Sahni, and scheduled the next hearing for November 12.

"Issue notice. Let the respondents file their reply in four weeks. List on November 12," the court said in its order.

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