Sectors · Technology and services
Education and institutions
Universities, schools, trusts and societies operate under a layered framework: the regulator for the class of institution, the state education statute, the trust or society law under which the body is constituted, and fee regulation.
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What this covers
- Trust and society governance disputes
- Fee regulation litigation and High Court challenges
- UGC and AICTE regulatory compliance
- Service and employment disputes for faculty
- Land and property disputes for institutional campuses
- Affiliation and recognition proceedings
- Minority institution rights and constitutional questions
- Donor and endowment fund disputes
- Digital Personal Data Protection Act compliance for schools, universities and online learning platforms
The notes behind these capabilities
A recognised private unaided school in Karnataka may levy only the fees prescribed under section 48 of the Karnataka Education Act, 1983, and a school that charges more faces a penalty of up to INR 10 lakh and an order to refund the excess under section 124A, imposed by the District Education Regulatory Authority after giving it an opportunity of being heard. For a private unaided professional college, the Karnataka Professional Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admission and Determination of Fee) Act, 2006 gives the work to a Fee Regulatory Committee, headed by a retired Judge of the High Court of Karnataka, whose fee binds for three years. The Karnataka Educational Institutions (Prohibition of Capitation Fee) Act, 1984 treats any amount above the fee prescribed under its section 5 as capitation fee in medical and engineering institutions and any others the Government notifies, and section 12(2) of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 reimburses a school for its free seats only up to the lesser of the State's per-child expenditure and the fee actually charged.
From 13 May 2027, section 9 of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 requires verifiable consent of a parent before any personal data of a child, anyone under eighteen, is processed, and bars tracking, behavioural monitoring and targeted advertising directed at children. Rule 12 of the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 lifts both duties for an educational institution, but only for tracking and behavioural monitoring for its educational activities or for the safety of children enrolled with it. Admission, fee and examination records sit outside that condition on any ordinary reading, and neither section 9(4) nor rule 12 lifts the bar on detrimental processing.
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- Boardroom and corporate
- Transaction advisory
- Capital markets
- Contracts and procurement
- IP and licensing
- Civil disputes
- PMLA
- Technology, data and product
- Employment
- Taxation and fiscal
- White-collar and cyber defence
- AI, data and emerging technology
- Cyber crime
- Public law and public interest litigation
- Technology disputes
- Money recovery
- Foreign exchange (FEMA)
- Prevention of sexual harassment (POSH)
- Employee's Compensation
- GST disputes
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