India, Aug. 23 -- The Delhi High Court on Friday expressed displeasure over the Delhi government's decision to frame a policy for directly transferring money to the bank accounts of students in government schools, as well as Economically Weaker Section (EWS) and disadvantaged group students in private unaided schools, for purchasing school uniforms, in violation of its earlier orders.

This was after Delhi government's lawyer urged the court to recall its 2014 orders directing the government to supply free textbooks, uniform and writing material in kind. He asserted that the Council of Ministers on May 10 agreed to the Directorate of Education's (DOE) proposal for increasing the amount of money given to students for school uniforms throug...