Achievements

Protection of Students’ Right to Admission

• Successfully filed a Writ Petition against denial of admission to a sibling child, securing admission through court intervention.
• Filed a Writ Petition against denial of admission to meritorious students, resulting in ₹4.60 crores compensation to 23 medical students.
• Filed PILs against unauthorised and illegal admissions in junior colleges, engineering colleges, and management institutes.

• Filed a Writ Petition against a junior college for collecting capitation fees, resulting in a refund of approximately ₹8 crores with interest.
• Intervened in multiple cases leading to refunds of nearly ₹20 crores by various schools.
• Filed FIRs against schools collecting capitation fees, leading to the arrest of management members and trustees.
• PILs filed against international schools charging exorbitant fees under the guise of international education (matter pending).

• Conducted an 8-day hunger strike at Azad Maidan, which directly led to the formulation of the Maharashtra Fee Regulation Act, 2011.
• Filed PILs against 31 schools for charging excessive fees.
• Served as a Bansal Committee Member, appointed by the Government, to fix norms for private school fee determination.

• PIL filed against appointment of the Vice Chancellor of Mumbai University, resulting in cancellation of the appointment.
• PIL exposed the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan scam of ₹75 crores, leading to court-ordered inquiry and cases against those involved.
• Filed PILs to abolish management quota within government quota.
• PILs filed to regulate coaching classes in Maharashtra (government directed to regulate; pending implementation).

• Cases filed before the Child Rights Commission resulted in favourable orders against harassment and unlawful expulsion of students.
  
• Filed PIL against conducting interviews for pre-primary admissions (pending).
  
• Filed PIL for mandatory minimum 75% attendance, which was allowed by the court.
  
• Filed PIL limiting overcrowding in classrooms, reducing class size from 170+ students to a maximum of 80.

• Filed PILs against unauthorised schools (140 institutions) operating illegally.
  
• Filed nationwide PILs against Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IME) for issuing bogus degree certificates to thousands of students.
  Result: IME was prohibited by the HRD Ministry.
  
• PILs against medical and engineering colleges for misuse of NRI quota and corruption.
  
• PIL against catering colleges for malpractices (disposed of).

• Secured scholarships for 119 students (KG to Class 10) from a reputed Santacruz school.
  
• Secured scholarships for 35 students from a reputed Bandra school.
  
• Filed WP for non-refund of admission fees, resulting in refund with 9% interest.
  

• Led a hunger strike for implementation of the 6th Pay Commission, resulting in teachers receiving pending salaries.
  
• PIL filed against unqualified teacher appointments by the Government.
  
• PIL against teachers taking private tuitions, leading to expulsion of over 500 teachers.
  
• PIL to improve infrastructure and facilities in government schools.

• Filed PIL in the school bus strike matter, resulting in a statewide prohibition of bus strikes in Maharashtra.
  
• Filed PIL against forced purchase of school essentials such as uniforms, books, and stationery — won the case.
  
• Filed PIL against shifting and closure of schools, successfully preventing unjustified relocations.

• Intervention petition filed regarding Best Five subjects and percentile system for Class 11 admissions.
  
• WP in engineering admissions advocating for single CET system.
  
• PILs for centralised and online admissions across colleges.
  
• PIL against colleges admitting 30 extra students illegally.

• Filed numerous RTI applications to expose corruption.
  
• Conducted RTI seminars to educate parents and stakeholders on their rights.
  
• PIL filed against quashing of Maharashtra RTI Act (PIL 550/2001).

• Organised hunger strikes, protests, rasta roko movements, and formal representations to authorities.
  
• Successfully resolved many disputes amicably through dialogue with school managements.
  
• Supported genuine schools in litigation where parents’ claims were unfounded, securing favourable High Court orders.

• PILs in Supreme Court to expedite High Court hearings.
  
• PIL to stop astrology as an academic subject (dismissed).
  
• PIL for pre-primary regulation (disposed of).
  
• PIL against international schools’ fee practices (pending).
  

Forum for Fairness in Education (FFE) has consistently fought for transparency, fairness, accountability, and justice in the education system through hundreds of legal interventions, policy reforms, and public movements — many of which have shaped Maharashtra’s education landscape.