According to Ajay Veer Chowdhary, the counsel of the complainant, Anil Aggarwal, the school did not take note of the faux pas when the matter was first brought to its notice. “Noticing the flag fluttering upside down, Anil, being an aware and responsible citizen of the country, went to the school but the guard stopped him at the gate. He told the guard about the mistake, but nobody in the school took notice,” said Chowdhary.

The school rectified its mistake only after the district administration intervened. “Around 2.30 pm, the school hoisted the flag in the right manner,” added Chowdhary.

The complainant, however, criticised the district administration for not registering an FIR against the school. In his complaint to the court, the school has been charged under the relevant Section of the Prevention of Insult to National Honour Act, 1971, 2(E).