Varied response to SC's fee ban

 The recent Supreme Court verdict, which laid down certain general guidelines for running self-financing private professional colleges, has been welcomed by the student community, parents, educationists, political parties, and the Kerala government.

 However, several private self-financing professional colleges are not happy about it.

 While students consider the ban on capitation fees as the most positive aspect of the verdict, private colleges are not so enthused, as they feel that the managements will not only have to forgo capitation fees, but will also have to depend on the mercy of the committee to be constituted for fixing the fee structure.

 Chief minister A K Antony is happy because the Apex court verdict has, in effect, upheld his government