Kannada in UG courses: Don’t precipitate admission process, says HC
The Hindu
Govt. decision to make language compulsory has been challenged
The High Court of Karnataka on Monday directed both the State Government and the universities not to precipitate the process of admission of students when the issue of making making Kannada a compulsory language for undergraduate courses is pending for adjudication before the court.
A Division Bench, comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum, passed the interim order during the hearing of a PIL petition by Samskrita Bharati (Karnataka) Trust and other educational institutions, and another petition filed by a group of students.
The petitioners had challenged the Government’s decision to make Kannada a compulsory subject “purportedly on the pretext of implementing the National Education Policy-2020”.
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