New Delhi, April 4 -- The Delhi High Court has clarified that while the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 guarantees access to education, it does not entitle students to demand admission in a school of their choice.

"There is no cavil that the RTE Act is beneficial legislation with an objective to achieve social inclusion and to ensure that school becomes a common space for children's education not differentiated by barriers of caste, ethnic group, or caste lines. However, it cannot be translated into a right to select a particular school," the bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay and Justice Tejas Karia observed.

The court made this remark while dismissing an appeal by a woman seeking her ch...