Archive · 18 Dec 2025
Student Challenges Delhi CM SHRI School Admission Test
An 11-year-old student named Janmesh Sagar is going to the Delhi High Court to challenge a rule that makes kids take a test to get into Class VI at special schools called CM SHRI Schools.
The student says this test is not fair and goes against a law called the RTE Act, which says all kids should have equal access to education without any tests or fees.
The court had already said the test is okay, but the student is asking a higher court to change that decision.
The student's lawyer says the test is unfair and goes against the law's intention to make sure all kids can go to school easily.
The case will be heard soon.
An 11-year-old student has challenged the Delhi government's policy of conducting an entrance test for admission to Class VI in CM SHRI Schools.
The student argues that the test is illegal and violates the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009.
The appeal follows the dismissal of a previous petition by a Single Bench of the Delhi High Court, which upheld the validity of the entrance test.
The student contends that Section 13 of the RTE Act prohibits screening procedures during the admission process at the elementary level.
The matter is expected to come up before the Division Bench of the Delhi High Court later this week.
- Who
- An 11-year-old student, Master Janmesh Sagar, through senior advocate Ashok Agarwal
- What
- Challenging the Delhi government's policy of conducting an entrance test for admission to Class VI in CM SHRI Schools
- When
- The matter is expected to come up before the Division Bench of the Delhi High Court later this week
- Where
- Delhi High Court
- Why
- The student alleges that the entrance test is illegal and violative of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009
- Appellant
- 11-year-old student, Master Janmesh Sagar
- Court
- Delhi High Court
- Act
- Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009
- Section
- Section 13 of the RTE Act
- Schools
- CM SHRI Schools
- Circular Date
- July 23, 2025
- Academic Session
- 2025-26
- Previous Ruling
- Social Jurist v. GNCTD (2012)