<div dir="ltr"> <div class="" id="recaptcha"><div id="recaptcha_area"><table id="recaptcha_table" class=""><tbody><tr height="73"><td class="" width="302">The Karnataka High Court, on 25<sup>th</sup>
February, 2015, asked the State Government to explain why it was not
willing to adhere to the Supreme Court's verdict regarding language
policy and why it was not in favour of allowing English-medium schools
from classes I to V.
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<p style="text-align:justify">"What is the difficulty in following the
Apex Court verdict? Why can't you grant permission? It (language
policy) will be too late. In some schools, the admission process begins
in January-February. The issue is not in your (State Government's) realm
any longer. This Court is bound by the Supreme Court verdict, and the
Government is also bound by it," Justice BV Nagarathna observed.<br><br>Previously,
Advocate-General Ravivarma Kumar had submitted that the Government
wanted to frame a new language policy following a discussion at the
Legislature wherein it requested the Union Government to frame a
national policy on the medium of instruction. Kumar said that the policy
would be effective by April 2015, well before admissions for the
academic year 2015-16 commenced.<br><br>The Associated Managements of
Government-Recognized English Medium Schools in Karnataka (KAMS)
counsel, GR Mohan stated that schools wanted to teach in the English
medium from Class I as per the wishes of parents, a fact upheld by the
High Court as well as the Supreme Court.<br><br>The Judge declined
Advocate-General Ravivarma Kumar's request for adjourning the hearing to
the first week of April to allow sufficient time for the Government to
frame a new policy on medium of instruction to be followed from classes I
to V. He suggested that admissions to Class I in English medium schools
be allowed subject to the outcome of the State's curative petition in
the Apex Court.</p>
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