Punjab, Sept. 10 -- The Supreme Court has asked the Central Board of Secondary Education to consider giving the current Class 6 batch relief from the three-language policy. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant, with Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana, asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to examine whether those students could be accommodated for the ongoing academic session.
What the court did and did not do
This is not a ruling striking down the policy. The court asked the government to look at a transition problem: students already partway through a school stage being asked to absorb a new language requirement mid-course.
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