India, Oct. 30 -- The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the Centre and Delhi government's response on a petition challenging the law that bars school teachers from taking private tuitions.

Section 28 of the Right to Education Act (RTE Act) and Rule 113 of Delhi School Education Rules, 1973 bars school teachers from engaging in private teaching activities. Additionally, Rule 123(1)(a)(viii) says that no teacher shall "accept any job of a remunerative character from any source other than the school or give private tuition to any student or other person or engage himself in any business."

A bench of chief justice DK Upadhyay and justice Tushar Rao Gedela fixed November 12 as the next date of hearing of the petition filed by Prem Prakash...