Right to education cannot be translated into right to select a particular school, says Delhi High Court. File
A child’s right to education does not encompass the right to select a particular school for it, the Delhi High Court has held.
A Bench of Chief Justice D.K. Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia said the Right to Education (RTE) Act was a beneficial legislation, enacted to achieve the objectives of social inclusion and ensuring that schools become a common space which was not differentiated by barriers of caste, ethnic group or caste lines.
“However, such a right to education cannot be translated into right to select a particular school,” the Court ruled on March 25.
Published – April 04, 2026 05:08 pm IST
