WWW.LIVELAW.IN W.P(C).No.19716/2019-L 11 on the judgment in TMA Pai Foundatons V State of Karnataka: (2003) 6 SCC 790 and Manager Kuriakose Alias College Mannam v. State :2017 (3) KLT 1054 it is stated that teachers are like foster parents who are required to look after, cultivate and guide the children in the pursuit of education. 6. The Executive Director of Software, who got impleaded in the Writ Petition, has filed a counter affidavit stating that restriction in usage of mobile phones and laptops in hostel premises is an invasion of the the right of the girl students to acquire knowledge through digital resources. It is stated that internet provides access to any information at the touch of a button; there has been a rise of massive online open course platform through which the people across the world can access various educational courses taught by professional teachers; when the quantum of knowledge available online is increasing every day, arbitrary restriction to access the information puts the female inmates of the college at a serious disadvantage compared to male inmates as well as the students of the same class, who are not the inmates of the hostel and of other colleges and it amounts to a restriction on the right to freedom of speech and expression as held in Ministry of Information and Broadcasting v. Cricket Association of Bengal & anr: AIR 1995 SC 1236]. It is stated that as per Ext.R4(a) rules the inmates of the hostel cannot use mobile phones from 6 p.m to 10 p.m and they have to switch off the electric lights by 10 p.m, invading their right to freedom and the right to privacy of the inmates who are adults. It is stated that UGC has issued UGC (Credit Framework for online learning courses through SWAYAM) Regulation 2016