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SC also bars MPs from school committee

The Supreme Court has upheld a High Court decision that declared illegal the provisions of allowing lawmakers and their nominated persons to become head of governing bodies of private schools and Colleges.A four-member Appellate Division bench led by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha passed no order on an appeal against the High Court order on Sunday morning.The petitions were filed by the principal of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College and its government body chairman Rashed Khan Menon.The High Court in its verdict on June 1 said that a lawmaker can become the chairman through election of maximum four educational institutions. The verdict was delivered hearing two separate writ petitions filed by Supreme Court lawyer Eunus Ali Akond.After the High Court verdict, the state moved against it with the Supreme Court.