<p>The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday granted time to the state government to reconsider the Kannada Language Learning Act.</p>.<p>A division bench orally observed that whether classical or functional, students coming from outside Karnataka cannot be compelled to learn the Kannada language.</p>.<p>A division bench, comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum, was hearing a PIL filed by Samskrita Bharati (Karnataka) Trust, Bengaluru and three other institutions associated with the promotion of the Sanskrit language.</p>.<p>The petitioners have questioned the validity of government orders dated August 7 and September 15, 2021.</p>.<p>The petition has sought a declaration to the effect that National Education Policy (NEP)-2020 does not impose any restriction upon the student to choose any particular language as part of the curricula for higher education.</p>.<p>“With the understanding that the government will reconsider the issue we adjourn the matter,” the bench orally said and posted the matter for further hearing to November 10.</p>.<p>The bench orally said how the state government can compel a student coming from outside to learn Kannada. It also said that the government has to reconsider the issue.</p>.<p>Earlier, Advocate General (AG) Prabhuling K Navdagi said that people have to learn Kannada for employment purposes and they need not learn Kannada in a classical sense. On further query, the AG said he would get more instructions on the matter.</p>.<p>Appearing on behalf of the petitioners, senior advocate S S Naganand said that the academic year has already commenced and students will have to make a choice.</p>.<p>According to the petitioners, the orders issued by the government making learning Kannada as mandatory for all undergraduate degree courses will affect an estimated 1,32,300 students and 4,000 teachers.</p>.<p>The petitioners have claimed that there are teachers teaching Sanskrit (600 teachers), Hindi (3,000 teachers), Urdu (300 teachers) and other languages (100 teachers) in the state. </p>.<p><strong>Check out latest videos from <i data-stringify-type="italic">DH</i>:</strong></p>
<p>The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday granted time to the state government to reconsider the Kannada Language Learning Act.</p>.<p>A division bench orally observed that whether classical or functional, students coming from outside Karnataka cannot be compelled to learn the Kannada language.</p>.<p>A division bench, comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum, was hearing a PIL filed by Samskrita Bharati (Karnataka) Trust, Bengaluru and three other institutions associated with the promotion of the Sanskrit language.</p>.<p>The petitioners have questioned the validity of government orders dated August 7 and September 15, 2021.</p>.<p>The petition has sought a declaration to the effect that National Education Policy (NEP)-2020 does not impose any restriction upon the student to choose any particular language as part of the curricula for higher education.</p>.<p>“With the understanding that the government will reconsider the issue we adjourn the matter,” the bench orally said and posted the matter for further hearing to November 10.</p>.<p>The bench orally said how the state government can compel a student coming from outside to learn Kannada. It also said that the government has to reconsider the issue.</p>.<p>Earlier, Advocate General (AG) Prabhuling K Navdagi said that people have to learn Kannada for employment purposes and they need not learn Kannada in a classical sense. On further query, the AG said he would get more instructions on the matter.</p>.<p>Appearing on behalf of the petitioners, senior advocate S S Naganand said that the academic year has already commenced and students will have to make a choice.</p>.<p>According to the petitioners, the orders issued by the government making learning Kannada as mandatory for all undergraduate degree courses will affect an estimated 1,32,300 students and 4,000 teachers.</p>.<p>The petitioners have claimed that there are teachers teaching Sanskrit (600 teachers), Hindi (3,000 teachers), Urdu (300 teachers) and other languages (100 teachers) in the state. </p>.<p><strong>Check out latest videos from <i data-stringify-type="italic">DH</i>:</strong></p>