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New Delhi: An eleven-year-old student approached the Supreme Court challenging the Delhi Government's admission policy for CM SHRI Schools that requires students to undergo an entrance test for entry into Classes 6th, 7th and 8th.

The writ petition, filed under Article 32 of the Constitution, contends that the admission test violates Article 21-A of the Constitution, which guarantees the right to free and compulsory education and Section 13 of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (RTE Act).

Section 13 of the RTE Act explicitly prohibits the use of any "screening procedure" in school admissions.

Janmesh Sagar, a Class VI student of Government Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalaya in Delhi, had applied for admissi

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