SANGEETA NEGI vs BHARTI PUBLIC SCHOOL & ORS.

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Judgment reserved on: 05.02.2026 % Judgment delivered on: 04.06.2026 + LPA 589/2025 SANGEETA NEGI .....Appellant Through: Mr. Sermon Rawat and Ms. Aastha Vishwakarma, Advocates. versus BHARTI PUBLIC SCHOOL & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. B.C. Pandey, Mr. S.P. Kamrah, Mr. Puneet Batra and Mr. Aryavansh Kamrah, Advocates for R-1 & R-2. Mr. Yeeshu Jain, ASC with Ms. Jyoti Tyagi, Ms. Vishruti Pandey, Mr. Sachin Garg, Advocates for R-3 to R- 5. CORAM: HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TEJAS KARIA JUDGMENT DEVENDRA KUMAR UPADHYAYA, C.J. 1. As to whether, the petitioner who is a teacher working with the respondent-School, which is a recognized but un-aided and privately managed, is entitled to the benefit of Child Care Leave (hereinafter referred to as „CCL’) is the question which engages our attention in this intra-court appeal. 2. The appellant instituted W.P.(C) 11903/2025, with a prayer to issue a direction to the respondent-School to grant her CCL for the period between Signature Not Verified LPA 589/2025 Page 1 of 12 Digiltally Signed By:SREERAM L Signing Date:04.06.2026 12:05:23 01.05.2025 to 30.09.2025 on the ground that her son who was in Class XII was facing certain academic pressure. The writ petition has been dismissed by the learned Single Judge vide impugned order dated 08.08.2025 relying upon a judgment of the learned Single Judge of this Court in Beena Arora v. Directorate of Education, 2017 SCC OnLine Del 7600. We may note at this juncture itself that the learned Single Judge in Beena Arora (supra) has placed reliance on M.I. Hussain v. Director of Education, 2014 SCC OnLine Del 1226, a Division Bench of this Court. 3. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the records available before us