Bengaluru: Students who come from outside Karnataka cannot be forced to learn Kannada, both classical or functional, the High Court on Tuesday observed verbally, giving time to the state government to reconsider the problem.
The division bench headed by the Chief Judge Raja Awasthi postponed the hearing on November 10 Vis-a-vis petitions who challenged two government orders to make Kannada mandatory subjects for degree students, following the request from the Advoker-General Prabhuling K Navadgi.
“With the understanding that the government will reconsider this problem, we delay this problem,” Bench Division said.
Previously, the Advocate General said people had to study Kannada for work purposes and they did not need to learn Kannada in the classical sense and he would get more instructions in this matter.
However, the bench asked how the state government could force a student to come from outside to study Kannada and add that state government must reconsider the problem and the court will give the same time.
Senior Advocate SS Naganand, appeared on behalf of the Petitioner, told the court that the academic year had begun and students must make choices.
Orders take the freedom to choose Language: Pemohonsamsskrita Taka) Trust Bharati, Bengaluru, – and three other institutions related to the promotion of Sanskrit Language / Studies have submitted this petition, challenging the validity of government orders on August 7, 2021 and September 15, 2021, said that Contrary to national education policies.
The applicant has been looking for a declaration on the effect that NEP 2020 does not impose restrictions on students to choose certain languages ​​as part of the higher education curriculum.
According to the applicants will inhibit the acceptance and rights of minority institutions, students and especially teachers who are at risk of losing work as an option to choose a language now limited.
They claim 1.3 students of Lakh and 4,000 teachers, who teach Sanskrit (600) teachers), Hindi (3,000 teachers), Urdu (300 teachers) and other languages ​​(100 teachers), will be influenced by MO this has been from the government.
“The order takes the freedom to choose the language to learn and make it mandatory for all students in Karnataka to take Kannada as a language in the study program offered in all streams of science, trade and art.
There are limits of freedom of speech and expressions that are enshray based on the constitution.
In fact, Article 19 (2) The constitution allows the state to impose restrictions on basic rights, restrictions must make sense ..
“The Petitioner argues.
Furthermore, they argue that equalizing students who have not studied Kannada at certain times to a plus level with those who have studied Kannada also both opposed Article 14 of the Constitution.