New Delhi, June 9 -- A fresh plea has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the CBSE's decision to implement a three-language policy for Class 9 students from July 1.

The petition, filed by educationist and former Maharashtra minister Fauzia Khan, contended that the May 15 CBSE circular is arbitrary and unreasonable, adding that mandating Hindi or Sanskrit in non-Hindi-speaking states is contrary to the spirit of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.

Khan, who belongs to the NCP-SCP party, said that while the CBSE circular itself acknowledges a shortage of language teachers, it nevertheless mandates implementation of the three-language formula.

As a result, the petitioner said, the policy effectively compels schools in southe...