NO STUDENT CAN BE EXPELLED FOR NON-PAYMENT: MADRAS HC While adjudicating on petitions challenging a Tamil Nadu Government order that restrained (unaided) private schools and colleges from compelling students to pay the fee for 2020-21, the Madras HC made it clear that no student shall be restrained from attending online classes or taking exams or expelled from the institution on account of non-payment of fees. The Court noted that during the pandemic not only students but private schools have also been affected and thus, gave multiple directions to balance the competing interests. The Court also placed reliance on the Apex Courts judgment in Indian School, Jodhpur v. State of Rajasthan wherein the Supreme Court stated that State authorities do not have any power under the Disaster Management Act, 2005 to order reduction in fees of private unaided schools. Reddy and Reddy Law Firm have successfully represented their clients in various courts in India.