Cannot compel states to adopt NEP, says top court

Faced with a petition from a Delhi-based lawyer hailing from Tamil Nadu pushing for the national implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) seemingly in public interest, the Supreme Court suggested that his children could anyway learn Hindi (one of his main arguments) in Delhi.

- Abraham Thomas

NEW DELHI:

Dismissing a petition from advocate G.S. Mani seeking the implementation of NEP in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and Kerala, the court said it cannot compel any state to adopt it.

A bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan said the court can only consider the violation of fundamental rights due to a policy's implementation.