Gandhinagar, Sep 18 (TIWN) The Gujarat High Court on Friday said that the state government was independent enough to take a decision on the school fees to be charged during the COVID-19 pandemic.

After failed talks with the association of school federations on the fee issue, the government was looking towards the High Court for a solution to the fee imbroglio.  "The Gujarat government should independently decide on the fee reduction issue. Till date, the government has not taken any decision on the issue. Why are they asking us (HC) to mediate? They have got immense powers. They can take a decision under the Epidemic Act also," a division bench of Chief Justice Vikram Nath and JB Pardiwala said.