The High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday stayed implementation of the State Government’s two communications, issued in August-September last year citing the National Education Policy-2020, making Kannada a compulsory language for undergraduate courses from the 2021-22 academic year.
A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice S.R. Krishna Kumar passed the interim order while hearing the petitions filed by Samskrita Bharati (Karnataka) Trust and others.
The Bench passed the interim order taking note of the clarification given by the Central Government that “there is no mention of any compulsory language in the National Education Policy (NEP)-2020.”
