Madras HC declines to stay online classes

observing that continuation of online education without sufficient guidelines is a matter of larger public importance, the court issued notice to the centre and the state government and posted the matter to june 25 for filing counters.         a division bench of justices vineet kothari and r suresh kumar issued the notice while hearing a petition seeking to restrain educational institutions from conducting online classes without framing proper schemes and guidelines.        government pleader v jayaprakash narayan submitted that the state has not yet permitted the conduct of online classes by schools and colleges.     the institutions were also restrained -- through a government order -- from demanding fee, he submitted.          senior counsel s prabhakaran for the petitioner requested the court to pass an interim order restraining educational institutions from conducting such classes.      the court, however,directed the centre and the state government to file a report on the availability of any guidelines governing such online classes and adjourned the hearing to june 25.