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<keyword id="3441183" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="the-calcutta-high-court">The Calcutta High Court</keyword> on Tuesday ordered 145 private schools here to offer a minimum 20 per cent reduction in fees across the board, while directing that non-essential charges for use of facilities not availed of will not be permissible. Guardians of students of the 145 schools, mostly in an around the city, had moved petitions seeking reduction in school fees since only online classes are being held during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. Directing that there will be no increase in fees during the financial year 2020-21, the court ordered that from April, 2020 till the month following the one in which the schools reopen in the physical mode, all 145 schools will offer a minimum of 20 per cent reduction of fees across the board. The <keyword id="315666" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Division-Bench">division bench</keyword> comprising justices <keyword id="349206" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Sanjib-Banerjee">Sanjib Banerjee</keyword> and <keyword id="3502378" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Moushumi-Bhattacharya">Moushumi Bhattacharya</keyword> directed that non-essential charges for use of facilities like additional charges for laboratory, craft, sporting facilities or extracurricular activities or the like, which are not availed of, will not be permissible during the months that the schools have not functioned in the physical mode. "There are many parents who are diverting a substantial part of their disposable resources, at great personal sacrifice, to get their children admitted to high-end schools with superior educational infrastructure and amenities," Justice Bhattacharya separately observed in the order. The judge said that such guardians would greatly benefit from a relaxation in the quantum of fees under the current financially-stressed times. Session fees traditionally charged periodically will be permissible, the division bench directed, but said that it will be subject to a maximum of 80 per cent of the quantum charged for the corresponding period in the financial year 2019-20. The minimum figure of 20 per cent reduction in the monthly tuition fees will be on the basis of the tuition fees charged for the corresponding month in the previous financial year, it said. The court made it clear that there will be no refund of the fees already paid. "However, to the extent fees have already been paid which are in excess of the directions contained herein, suitable adjustments will be made over the remaining months of the financial year, unless the parents agree in writing otherwise," the court directed. The bench said that for the financial year 2020-21, a maximum of five per cent excess of revenue over expenditure will be permissible and the balance excess should be passed on by way of general concession or special concession in individual cases of extreme distress. "If any school makes a loss as a consequence of following these directions, such loss can be made up in course of the next two financial years, 2021-22 and 2022-23, if normal physical functioning resumes by March 31, 2021," the court ordered. Paving the way for additional relief to parents facing financial distress in the current pandemic situation, the court directed that in addition to the across-the-board reduction, every school will entertain applications from parents or guardians for further reduction or waiver or exemption or delayed or instalment payments. Every application in such regard must be supported by the financial statements of the parents or guardians so as to justify the request and these should be certified by any qualified auditor, the court said. The bench directed that with effect from December 8, 2020 all schools will be entitled to disallow students whose fees have not been paid in full in terms of this order and those who have not applied for reduction or waiver, adding that schools should ensure that this extreme step is taken only after exercising due care and caution. The fees payable for every month and the other periodic charges, like session fees, for the entire financial year 2020-21 should be indicated by the individual schools and put up on the website to be set up by the first petitioner in the matter by October 31, 2020. Moving the court, parents and guardians had submitted that institutions cannot be allowed to charge the usual fees despite no classes being conducted for a considerable period and, thereafter, classes being resumed on the online mode in some cases with very limited resources being used by the schools. The court directed that the writ petitions will remain pending till the physical classes are resumed in the schools and the directions contained in the order are worked out completely. The petitions will again appear for hearing on December 7, 2020 before the court to monitor the progress in the implementation of the directions contained, the division bench ordered. <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/heavy-rains-kill-11-people-in-telangana/articleshow/78652090.cms">Heavy rains kill 11 people in Telangana</a>

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The <keyword id="6360667" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="madras-high-court" source="Orion">Madras High Court</keyword> on Thursday stayed two sub-sections under <keyword id="10826959" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="IT-rules-2021" source="Orion">IT Rules 2021</keyword>'s Rule 9, which provide for a three-tier structure for addressing the grievances made in relation to publishers, under the Code of Ethics annexed to the rules. A bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice P.D. Audikesavulu passed the order on two petitions that were filed challenging the validity of the <keyword id="645424" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="it-rules" source="Orion">IT Rules</keyword>. Carnatic musician T.M. Krishna had filed a public interest litigation, while the Digital News Publishers Association, and journalist Mukund Padmanabhan had also filed a writ petition in the matter. "There is a substantial basis to the petitioners' assertion that there may be a violation of Article 19 (1)(a) (of the Constitution) in how the Rules may be coercively applied to intermediaries....," the court observed. Earlier, the same sub-section of Rule 9 had been stayed by the Bombay High Court on August 14. With the Supreme Court scheduled to take up transfer petitions next month, the Madras High Court posted further hearing of the case to October 27. SEE ALSO <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/careers/news/the-only-way-to-beat-the-bots-from-taking-your-job-is-to-be-more-human/articleshow/86282273.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink">Future of Work 2021: The only way to beat the bots from taking your job is to be more human</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/biocon-hero-motocorp-tvs-motor-banks-and-other-top-stocks-to-watch-out-for-on-september-17/articleshow/86281250.cms">Biocon, Hero MotoCorp, TVS Motor, banks and other top stocks to watch out for on September 17</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/biocon-biologics-to-offer-15-stake-to-serum-institute-life-sciences-at-valuation-of-4-9-billion/articleshow/86281318.cms">Biocon Biologics to offer 15% stake to Serum Institute Life Sciences at valuation of $4.9 billion</a>

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<ul><li>According to a High Court in India, the <keyword id="65281" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Election-Commission-of-India">Election Commission of India</keyword> (ECI) should be booked on murder charges on their handling of the state elections in March and April. </li><li>Crowds were seen gathering across <keyword id="20154" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="tamil-nadu">Tamil Nadu</keyword>, <keyword id="6357783" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="West-bengal">West Bengal</keyword>, <keyword id="6354915" type="DEFINITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="assam">Assam</keyword> and Kerala to attend campaign rallies without proper social distancing or face masks.</li><li>The <keyword id="6360667" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="madras-high-court">Madras High Court</keyword> has told the ECI to come up with a plan to ensure that COVID-19 appropriate behaviour is followed by April 30, or it may issue an order to halt counting on May 2.</li></ul> The Madras High Court is placing the blame on the Election Commission of India (ECI) for the second wave of rapidly increasing COVID-19 infections in the country. “Your institution is singularly responsible for the second wave of COVID-19. Election Commission officers should be book on murder charges probably,” said the High Court, according to <a href="https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/madras-high-court-pulls-up-election-commission-for-allowing-political-rallies-during-amid-covid-173135">LiveLaw.</a> The court came down heavily on the ECI after it did nothing to put a stop to political rallies being held in different states ahead of the assembly elections. <div type="image" title="modi_edited" msid="82261014" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Crowd that came to see PM Narendra Modi at public meeting in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, where there is no social distancing and many can be seen without a mask&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div> There was a flagrant disregard for COVID-19 appropriate behaviour. People were seen not wearing masks while making their way through huge crowds, where social distancing would not be possible even if one wanted to implement it. This included not only the public, but the politicians vying for votes as well. <div type="image" title="amit shah_edited" msid="82260943" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;India&amp;#39;s Home Minister and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Amit Shah, at a road show in Kalimpong, West Bengal on April 12 as a part of the BJP&amp;#39;s election campaign in the state&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div> If the ECI does not come up with a proper plan to ensure that COVID-19 guidelines are followed, the High Court has threatened to pull the plug on counting day, May 2. The Madras High Court bench, comprising Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy, said the blueprints for this plan must be put in place by April 30. <div type="ExtQuote" text="“The situation now is of survival and protection. Everything else comes second.”" auname="Madras High Court"></div> Since early March, India’s political parties have been campaigning for a series of state elections in West Bengal, Assam, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. West Bengal was the first state to show a clear upward trend of new cases in the second half of March. The ECI issued warnings, but by the time they officially banned rallies in the state on April 22 — the increase in cases was already on the uptick. However, there also has been an increase in cases in states where there were no elections — like Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka. So, correlation may not necessarily imply causation. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/sundar-pichai-and-satya-nadella-will-use-google-and-microsoft-resources-and-technology-to-support-india-during-the-covid19-crisis/articleshow/82253126.cms">From Sundar Pichai to Satya Nadella – Indian-Americans wake up to the COVID-19 crisis at home</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/health/news/maharashtra-kerala-and-chhattisgarh-states-are-on-top-covid-19-positivity-rate-in-india/articleshow/82254421.cms">COVID-19: These are the five states in India with the highest positivity rates</a>

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